While Chicago's 2025 budget doesn't include a $68 million property tax increase, it comes with a bundle of taxes and fees designed to bridge a billion-dollar budget gap. NBC Universal, Inc. After ...

In Chicago architecture, there’s always something new, always something to look forward to. But looking back, 2024 was a middling year — no great new buildings came online, no local luminary ...

Chicago officials reportedly cleared the largest homeless encampment in the city after relocating some residents into apartments and shelter beds. According to the Chicago Sun Times, the ...

Heads up, Illinois residents: the water coming from your faucet may look different. But don't worry, Chicago officials say -- it's all part of a change to how tap water in the area is treated.

CHICAGO (CBS) — At least four people are dead and 11 other people were wounded in weekend shootings in Chicago as of Sunday morning. The ages of the victims range from 3 to 46. In the first ...

It was the closest budget vote a Chicago mayor has faced in decades but nonetheless a relief for Johnson given the looming Dec. 31 deadline to pass a budget or risk government services shutting ...

The Michelin Awards ceremony was held last night in New York, and one new Chicago restaurant joined the ranks of the city’s best. Cariño, the fine dining concept in Uptown, earned one Michelin ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago City Hall and the Cook County Building were evacuated Wednesday morning due to a small fire. What was expected to be a standard procedural day for the Chicago City Council ...

CHICAGO — Chicago City Hall was evacuated Wednesday morning due to a small blaze that the city’s fire department later deemed to have been started by an accidental ignition of paper products ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city of Chicago continues to grapple with gun violence, which impacts hundreds of people every year. As of July 7, 2024, there have been almost 1,200 total reported shootings ...

Hot on the heels of Chicago’s Michelin-starred restaurants being revealed, the city has just announced the dates and participants for one of the year’s most-anticipated culinary events ...