Cities are reporting historic decreases in violent crime, but mayors warn that recent federal grant cancellations jeopardize ...

Two Northwest Indiana community groups have joined EarthJustice to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s actions to delay air pollution compliance in steel mills.

The west suburb was the first municipality in the Midwest to pass an electrification ordinance. Opponents of the ban said it violates the federal Energy Policy Act.

BORP's mission is to lower the barriers that often prevent disabled people from getting exercise, enjoying the outdoors, and ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s finance team is briefing members of the City Council on potential new or expanded revenue streams.

Two wildfires burning in the western United States — including one that has become a “megafire” on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon — ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is implementing a hiring freeze for the city through the end of the year. That ...

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Chicago arts leaders frustrated by turnover, morale and communication under DCASE commissioner Clinée Hedspeth.