director of the Center for Municipal Finance at the University of Chicago. Some agencies might downgrade the city, while others could be more sanguine about it. They could also dip into reserves ...

The cuts to the U.S. Department of Education staff by the Trump administration will affect an office in Chicago.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson told a House committee today that the city is safer because of its 40-year-old Welcoming City policy of not asking about individuals’ immigration status or ...

Tuesday marks the city’s 188th birthday. The March 4 date recognizes the city of Chicago’s official incorporation in 1837. The city’s first non-indigenous permanent settler was Jean Baptiste Point du ...

The mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City are prepping for a high-stakes hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government. "Sanctuary mayors owe the American people an ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Days after Mayor Brandon Johnson warned that he would be firing holdovers from prior administrations, three top city leaders announced they are stepping down. Johnson's office ...

The U.S. added fewer jobs than economists expected in February, the first full month under President Donald Trump, according ...

Some cuts include attorneys and specialists in the department's regional civil rights and Federal Student Aid offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and the Kansas City region.

Conservatives rallied around Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he fired back at a criticism from former Secretary of State ...

Dust and smoke from wildfires in Oklahoma blown by high winds obscure the sun on Friday, March 14, 2025, in Kansas City. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com The colliding weather events are expected ...

Perhaps inspired by the investment trust activities of their potent fellow citizen, Arthur Cutten of the Board of Trade, a group of Chicago capitalists organized, and last week announced ...