The city of Chicago has hired or promoted 490 people, mostly in the police department, since a freeze was instituted in ...

It is the nature of bureaucracies to expand or, at the very least, protect their size and thus the clout of the people who ...

A WBEZ analysis shows the city of Chicago hired or promoted 490 people since a hiring freeze was put in place in September.

Sources say Mayor Brandon Johnson will announce a property tax hike during his budget address, despite campaign promises not to.

CHICAGO (CBS) — A more widespread freeze is expected Wednesday night as the recent cold airmass fully settles in. While Cook County residents will remain above freezing, suburbs south and west ...

Wednesday and Thursday mornings will bring the first widespread freeze of the season outside of Chicago, with frost possible in Chicago where low temperatures remain in the middle to upper 30s.

CHICAGO - It was a chilly start to the week ... Tomorrow will be breezy with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. A Freeze Watch has been issued for the western portion of Chicagoland ...

The Chicago Police Department won’t launch ... on his promise to exempt public safety agencies from a citywide hiring freeze. And at an emergency Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Chief Operating Officer ...

The city has been under a hiring freeze to address the nearly$1 billion budget shortfall. The proposal is already meeting with pushback from some city council members. Homeowners in Chicago ...