Following a unanimous vote on Wednesday, Ramirez-Rosa will succeed Rosa Escareno, the outgoing head of the Chicago Park District. Escareno announced her resignation on Feb. 26. Two days later, Chicago ...

This week, the Army Corps finally withdrew its proposal to extend the landfill, due in part to Illinois state permits getting ...

The Southeast Side is expected to eventually get a new green space after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cleans up the site ...

Brian Gladstein, a long-time Rogers Park resident with an extensive background in nonprofit management, will lead the ...

The dump — known as a confined disposal facility — was constructed in 1984 to store polluted sediment dredged from the ...

City Clerk Anna Valencia has joined forces with Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) on a resolution directing the Council’s Committee on Ethics and Government Operations to create a subcommittee charged with ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed 35th Ward Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa as the next Chicago Park District superintendent and CEO in late February ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has appointed 35th Ward Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa as the Chicago Park District General Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Alderman Ramirez-Rosa will build on ...

Ald. Brian Hopkins said he plans to revive his ordinance for an earlier curfew after a tourist was shot last weekend near the AMC River East movie theater.

While there may be fiscal waste at all levels of our governments, we forget the aid provided and what the influx of funding ...

There’s a cryptic sign outside the playlot in Jackson Park at 56th Street and Cornell Avenue that just reads “Dickerson Playground.” It’s referring to Earl B. Dickerson, a man who ...

The Harvey Public Library District board voted to give Kisha McCaskill, wife of then-treasurer Anthony McCaskill, a consulting contract.