Mayor Daniel Biss declared victory over challenger Jeff Boarini after unofficial results showed he had captured about 60% of the vote to about 40% for Boarini.

Several Chicago suburbs will see new leadership after an election night of upsets, including Waukegan, Orland Park, Aurora, Dolton and more.

A big focus here in Arlington Heights is a possible move by the Chicago Bears to a proposed new stadium the old Arlington International Racecourse site. Ridler, Schwingbeck, and Tinaglia have all ...

Consolidated elections are taking place across Illinois on Tuesday, with some of the state's biggest communities casting ballots.

In west suburban Aurora, two-term Mayor Richard Irvin is facing challenger John Laesch, an Aurora alderman. Laesch was ahead as of 8 p.m.

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss hugs a supporter at his election night party at Bluestone restaurant, April 1, 2025, in Evanston. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Evanston voters appear to want to keep ...

For the first time in over a decade, Chicago’ s public school teachers have a new contract without a strike or threat of a ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) compared President Trump to a terrorist after the president threatened to withhold federal ...

Dolton will see a new mayor in this election, after Mayor Tiffany Henyard ... Donald Trump against a Democratic-aligned challenger. Chicago Teachers Union educators voted on a final proposed ...

Chicago’s public school teachers have overwhelmingly approved a four-year labor contract to raise their average salary to ...

Fueling the motivation to vote for some appeared to be the race for mayor in Aurora ... were the top two vote-getters in the Feb. 25 election that led to this runoff. They were separated by ...