In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop shares reaction from Illinois Gov. J.B.

Johnson says he wants to put social workers at stops and launch an anti-smoking campaign. A council member who’s pushed for ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson promised Tuesday to crack down on smoking on Chicago Transit Authority trains and buses, latching on to an effort already underway in the City Council.

CHICAGO — Chicago Police Department brass accused Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration of deliberately slowing down ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is taking steps to address one of the biggest complaints by CTA riders: smoking on the trains and buses ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) — As C hicago stares down a billion-dollar budget deficit, a bill sitting on Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s ...

Johnson on Tuesday signed an executive order calling for a “full-force of government approach” to tackling the pervasive ...

An Illinois state senator from Chicago has urged for a special legislative session to be called to fund public transit, but a ...

The amount of taxpayer funds spent on overtime by all city departments, including CPD, dropped in 2024 for the first time ...

In May, four sanctuary city mayors testified before the U.S. House Committee on Government and Reform. The four, Denver’s Mike Johnston, Chicago’s Brandon Johnson, Boston’s Michelle Wu, and New York’s ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he is not intimidated by the federal government increasing immigration enforcement in ...