A long with Chicago’s many beaches and tons of interesting things to do—plus the fact it’s relatively cheap to live here and generally fairly easy to get around without a car—our city’s diverse, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- More than a dozen Chicago City Council members filed a petition Thursday that sets the stage for voters to determine the map that will decide aldermanic boundaries for the next 10 ...

After months of negotiations and fierce fighting, a super-majority of aldermen have agreed to a compromise ward map that will set Chicago’s political boundaries for the next decade. The agreement also ...

The Chicago City Council adopted a new map of the city’s 50 wards Monday — three days before a deadline to avoid having the referendum go to voters on the June primary election ballot. The map passed ...

In the Chicago Urban Heritage Project, College students are turning century-old insurance atlases into interactive digital ...

I’m always hard-pressed to explain where in Chicago I live. You’d think it would be easy, given Chicago’s well-defined neighborhood and community areas. But depending on where you live, it’s not ...

In an effort to minimize the impact of closing busy Chicago streets, most of the course won’t be completed until race weekend. A computer model has been used for all of the planning details. For the ...

Hundreds of tiny air-quality sensors are tracking pollution across Chicago’s neighborhoods, and the data is now at your ...