Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail almost two months ago, and authorities have captured all but the man with the ...

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Angel Rodriguez charged with DUI in deadly Little Village crash on 26th Street that killed one man, Chicago police said.

The 2023 aldermanic elections have brought some of the youngest candidates to the races. 10th ward candidate Óscar Sánchez is campaigning to bring a co-governance approach to the alderman’s office.

The Chicago City Council is losing yet another member. Ald. Roberto Maldonado (26th) on Friday filed paperwork with the Chicago Board of Elections to withdraw his candidacy for the 26th Ward seat.

CHICAGO (CBS) --After months of acrimonious fighting over the future boundaries of the city's 50 wards, the City Council on Monday approved a new ward map that will avoid having voters choose ...

CHICAGO — There’s a tentative deal for a new Chicago ward map, but not everybody got what they wanted. In the last few weeks, pressure to reach a deal by next Thursday loomed. The Black Caucus ...

With a deadline approaching to avoid the first Chicago ward map referendum in three decades, Latino aldermen failed this week to convince City Council colleagues to let them make changes to the ...

Rules Committee Chair Michelle Harris (8th) has invited Latino Caucus leaders to a meeting at 10 a.m. Sunday in a last-ditch effort to resolve differences standing in the way of a new ward map.

Chicago aldermen have failed to compromise on a ward map, but will be holding a series of additional meetings this month.

Today, the black political power machine in Chicago is looking shakier. The census results require the redrawing of the council ward map.