Susana Mendoza

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza made known in a video she released Wednesday that state legislators will not be getting raises in the next budget year, which begins July 1.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced big changes to the state’s stay-at-home order Wednesday, and NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has the story.

The race for Chicago mayor comes with a spotlight like no other, and on Wednesday, candidates Susana Mendoza and Amara Enyia faced unexpected questions as they look to win the city’s top job.

The scramble is on to convince voters to get to the polls as the largest group ever of candidates for Chicago mayor are on the ballot.

The scramble is on to convince voters to get to the polls as the largest group ever of candidates for Chicago mayor are on the ballot. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Comments made on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s felony charge by Chicago’s top cop Thursday received mixed reaction from some of the city’s mayoral candidates.

The Jussie Smollett case has taken a prominent spot in the discussions over who should be Chicago’s next mayor, and NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has a look at all the ways in which the story matters. 

Election night is exactly one week from Tuesday and never before has there been 14 candidates running for mayor–only two will make it to the April run off.

It may have been the last, best chance for some of them to impress voters before Election Day. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

The race for mayor of Chicago is hitting the final stretch and there’s just a week left in the campaign.

The race for mayor of Chicago is hitting the final stretch and there’s just a week left in the campaign. Mary Ann Ahern reports.

There have been more than 40 mayoral forums across the city, but only two of them televised so far. FOX32 and the Lincoln Forum invited five candidates for Thursday’s session but less than two hours before the “live” event Bill Daley cancelled.

There have been more than 40 mayoral forums across the city, but only two of them televised so far. FOX32 and the Lincoln Forum invited five candidates for Thursday’s session but less than two hours before the “live” event Bill Daley cancelled. Mary Ann Ahern reports.

NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has the latest details on the mayoral race.

A prime-time televised debate in the Chicago mayor’s race is running into a legal challenge. Almost two-thirds of the mayoral ballot has been excluded from a forum set to take place Thursday night, and Amara Enyia and Paul Vallas are fighting to be included.

A prime-time televised debate in the Chicago mayor’s race is running into a legal challenge. Almost two-thirds of the mayoral ballot has been excluded from a forum set to take place Thursday night, and Amara Enyia and Paul Vallas are fighting to be included. Mary Ann Ahern reports.

In the race for mayor, Susana Mendoza hit the reset button Monday after last week’s revelations that one of her close political allies — Ald. Danny Solis wore a wire for federal investigators and she returned all campaign contributions tied to the Solis family.