Dan Mihalopoulos

Mayor Richard Daley offered up an amnesty program for parking and red-light tickets Wednesday as he looks to dull the impact of his unpopular proposal to boot vehicles with two...

IMMEDIATE IMPACT Tourism The Land of Lincoln will enjoy another "presidential halo effect" on its tourism industry, observers say. The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau predicts increased interest in South...

As of next month, it will be illegal to text-message or browse the Internet while driving in Chicago. By unanimous vote Wednesday, the City Council expanded the 2005 restriction that...

Some Wrigleyville bar owners have agreed -- reluctantly -- to heed the city's call to cut off alcohol sales after the seventh inning of home games in which the Cubs...

Although Chicago's northwest suburbs are far from Lake Michigan and even farther from the saltwater seas, it isn't hard to spend a day on the water and enjoy fresh and...

In a break from the tradition of giving aldermen ultimate say in their wards, a City Council panel Thursday joined Mayor Richard Daley in backing a proposal to build a...

Chicago's aldermen showed Wednesday that they have had their fill of the ban on foie gras and made it legal once again for city restaurants to serve up the delicacy...

Chicago Public Schools will expand its foreign language curriculum next year, teaching more students Chinese and Arabic and launching Russian in several schools, officials announced Wednesday. The district will re-allocate...