The FBI on Tuesday evening said the agent was on his way home in a Bureau-issued car when he spotted the man firing at least two shots into a group of innocent people. They said the agent, in an attempt…
Chicago street vendors were joined by food workers from across the country downtown on Monday in hopes of reforming laws they say are hurting them. Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro left his country on Tuesday for the United States, US media said,…
Chicago voters will be asked on Nov. 3 whether the city should develop permanent festival and outdoor event space for large-scale events. The nonbinding question lands after a rainy summer that left Grant Park and Douglass Park chewed up by crowds…
Sunlight hits Chicago City Hall on Jan. 29, 2025. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS) CHICAGO — The next Chicago mayoral election will be held Feb. 23, 2027. Fourteen candidates filed on the last day for 2027 hopefuls to turn in their nominating petitions, as mayoral candidates…
Updated on: October 27, 2026 / 11:20 AM CDT / CBS Chicago Fifteen candidates have lined up to challenge Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson in the 2027 municipal election, after filing nominating petitions with thousands of signatures in a bid to get on the ballot. That number…
CBS News Chicago is a local news organization that is part of CBS News and Stations. Also referred to as WBBM-TV and CBS2, CBS News Chicago offers local breaking news, weather coverage and investigative reporting. Acting Evanston Mayor Jonathan Nieuwsma sworn…
October 27, 2026 / 8:47 AM CDT / CBS Chicago The north Chicago suburb of Evanston has selected an acting mayor. Evanston Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma (4th) was picked as acting mayor on Monday night to succeed Mayor Daniel Biss. Biss resigned last weekend, as he runs…
For most of Illinois’ history, the lieutenant governor has been a political afterthought, an officeholder whose unofficial title has been “lite gov” and whose main duty has been to stand ready should the governor die, become incapacitated or be removed…
Updated on: October 26, 2026 / 10:52 PM CDT / CBS Chicago Chicago street vendors were joined by food workers from across the country downtown on Monday in hopes of reforming laws they say are hurting them. The mayor's office says the new budget includes…
CHICAGO (WGN) — Billions of dollars are up for debate and it's all part of the City of Chicago's budget process. Monday marked the first day city leaders officially started looking at ideas of what to spend money on, and what…
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