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.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A day after the City of Chicago announced a hiring freeze on account of a significant budget deficit, CBS News Chicago took a closer look at existing positions at City Hall.

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.

New Chicago school board members say they took the post to do right by kids. The invasive carp haven't gotten any closer to Chicago in over a decade, and a new study investigated why.

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 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 ...