Chicago Politics

For Alexi Giannoulias, news of carjackings hit close to home.

The new General Assembly has been busy in Springfield this term, introducing a slew of bills that could make some significant changes to the legal code.

The Cook County Clerk’s Office is soliciting applications as they seek more than 1,000 new election judges prior to the April 4 election.

For the first time, voters are casting ballots in Chicago’s mayoral runoff election between Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson, and both candidates are stepping up their efforts to woo voters amid a new wave of endorsements and policy proposals.

In Springfield, all roads and all bills led to powerful House Speaker Mike Madigan, according to testimony Thursday from two former members of the Illinois House who described the Madigan’s power and how he used it.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah E. Streicker wasted little time Wednesday, reminding jurors that the so-called “ComEd Four” defendants are charged with facilitating corruption in Springfield and that once powerful House Speaker Mike Madigan was the man pulling the strings.

The endorsements are flying in the Chicago mayoral election, with Illinois’ top law enforcement official set to back Brandon Johnson and four more members of the City Council throwing their support behind Paul Vallas.

While the majority of the 50 Chicago City Council seats have been filled after the Feb. 28 elections, more than a dozen are still up for grabs in the April 4 runoff, and here are seven of the most intriguing races.

Illinois lawmakers’ effort to end cash bail is in the state Supreme Court’s hands after justices heard arguments on behalf of top Democrats, and a group of prosecutors and sheriffs challenging the law. The state Supreme Court ordered in January that the provision would not take effect as anticipated and agreed to an “expedited” review following a K...

Illinois’ new mandatory paid leave law will take effect next year, offering nearly all workers in the state paid time off, but for Cook County and Chicago, different rules apply.

With ridership still lagging behind pre-COVID pandemic levels, and with additional transit funding brought about during the pandemic set to expire, the Chicago Transit Authority is facing some big questions in the coming years.

With three weeks to go until the 2023 Chicago mayoral runoff election, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson are both hitting the airwaves with new attack ads.

Chicago mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson continue to vie for endorsements from political leaders across the city and the country as the election nears, with some eye-popping names lending their support to the campaigns.