Manuel Galvan

The City of Chicago initiated proceedings Friday to fire a bridgetender who, the city contends, was legally drunk when he lowered the Kinzie Street Bridge on a taxicab, killing its...

The intersection of 79th Street, Stony Island Avenue and South Chicago Avenue at the Chicago Skyway accounted for 110 traffic accidents last year, more than 18 times the average number...

The chairman of the Chicago City Council Police and Fire Committee said Wednesday that civilian fire department employees assigned as 911 emergency dispatchers should be replaced by trained firefighters. Ald....

With less than a hour before the polls closed Tuesday, Mayor Harold Washington still was campaigning. ''You`ve got about 55 minutes to vote. Go straight to the polling place,'' the...

Mayor Harold Washington demonstrated again Friday that he becomes a fighter whenever he hears the name of Ald. Edward Vrdolyak (10th). During a television interview program, the mayor was asked...

Mayoral candidates Edward Vrdolyak and Thomas Hynes waited for each other to sing Friday about charges that Vrdolyak met secretly with a reputed mob boss, but the only music heard...

Mayor Harold Washington vowed Thursday that the city will go to court to oppose an expedited schedule of hearings on a new utility rate plan proposed by Commonwealth Edison Co....

A New York political committee for Mayor Harold Washington received a $25,000 contribution from a New York bond underwriting firm that does business with the city, according to financial disclosure...

The deadline for withdrawing from the mayoral election passed Friday with the four candidates engaged in cross-country clashes, giving every sign that they will continue the battles until the polls...

Mayor Harold Washington runs a ''money laundry'' of more than 20 campaign funds that skirt self-imposed contribution limits and take donations from companies that have received $2.9 billion in city...