The Latest Breaking News from City Council

Ald. Roberto Maldonado’s decision earlier this year not to seek reelection in the 26th Ward and Ald. Ariel Reboyras’s announcement in the 30th last year prompted a push for new ideas to address crime and other issues in the Northwest Side wards.

Ald. Michelle Harris (8th) and Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) face challengers who promise revitalization and growth in their South Side wards.

It comes as the city council sells some of its assets

CHICAGO — Even by Chicago politics’ standards, the recent spat between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Alderman Derrick Curtis is strange.

Manchester’s historic Belle Vue Stadium stood abandoned for years before being turned into a housing estate, with the once iconic race track overgrown and its buildings dilapidated

It comes at a time when the city council continues to work to avoid Government intervention in the form of commissioners.

State regulators are still evaluating Bally’s overall casino proposal, which they submitted in August. But regulators gave the OK to entities controlled by the politically connected owner of the Medinah Temple.

Quinn chooses Garcia over Mayor Lori Lightfoot, whom he supported in 2019, and Paul Vallas, whom Quinn chose as his running mate in 2014.

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with an $800-million plan to convert the city's largest gas-fired power plant to green hydrogen — a first-of-its-kind project that was hailed by supporters as an important step to solve the climate crisis but slammed by critics as a…