Chicago Politics

Chicago on Monday ushered in a new mayor and, with him, what he hopes will be a “new era” for the city.

Brandon Johnson will be sworn in as Chicago’s 57th mayor on Monday morning, and you will be able to catch all of the pageantry even if you didn’t secure a ticket to the ceremony.

Just over a month after narrowly defeating former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas in the mayoral runoff election, Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson is set to be sworn in as Chicago’s next mayor.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued an emergency declaration Tuesday after what she said was a “surge” of new migrant arrivals in the last month, leaving hundreds of people and families living out of police stations, city buildings and other temporary shelters after being “inhumanely bussed to Chicago” from Texas.

Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson has released new details about his upcoming inauguration, which is less than two weeks away.

At the start of her final week as mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot will deliver a farewell speech to the city she served for the last four years.

Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson has released tickets to his inauguration ceremony next week.

The Illinois Senate has passed a measure that would help to prevent the practice of banning books, which Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says is in response to efforts in other states to restrict access to reading materials for political and personal reasons.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to put a stop to a federal judge’s ruling in southern Illinois last week that blocked enforcement of the state’s months-old assault weapons ban.

Fred Waller, who rose through the ranks of the Chicago Police Department to chief of patrol, chief of operations and then third in command, was named interim superintendent for CPD Wednesday, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson announced.

Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson has released new details about his upcoming inauguration, which is less than two weeks away.

Jurors found all four defendants in the highly publicized “ComEd 4” trial guilty on all counts Tuesday.

Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is set to take office next month, and he says he received some advice from arguably the most famous living politician who hails from the city.