On Tuesday, Ald. Ray Lopez (15th Ward) introduced a new ordinance in the Public Safety Committee that could hold parents liable for the criminal actions of their children.

Franita Farr is the new New Albany Ward 3 Alderwoman after defeating Chris Buford in a runoff March 17. Farr received 55.51 ...

CPS said 15 out of 30 intersections were affected. Alderman Matt O'Shea says he was blindsided by cuts he calls drastic and unsafe in his ward's school communities. "That's unconscionable, to go more ...

A Chicago alderman says the city is taking a "giant leap in the wrong direction" after the Department of Justice announced it is investigating Mayor Brandon Johnson's hiring practices. During a May 18 ...

The Starkville Board of Aldermen voted tonight to move forward with two public hearings on a proposed ordinance to ban the ...

A Brunswick County court has ordered Southport Alderman Robert Carroll to surrender his driver’s license following a state ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --How do you get help to the most vulnerable during the pandemic? Start by identifying where they live. CBS 2's Jim Williams reports some public officials are using an old tool. One ...

He was sworn in three days later by Mayor Richard J. Daley at age 25, and became the second youngest alderman in city history ...

Teen takeovers happened multiple times last summer, and one city alderman has proposed a new strategy to stop them. On ...