Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has delayed signing an agreement to resolve negotiations over a federal complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development related to aldermanic power on Chicago zoning, leaving in limbo a yearslong fight over allegations of housing discrimination by the City Council.

Vice Mayor Ald. Walter Burnett, Chicago’s longest-serving current alderman, plans to step down from the City Council at the end of this month, he told the Tribune.

Gov. JB Pritzker’s economic development agency fell short in implementing elements of the governor’s landmark climate bill aimed at ensuring social equity in the effort to move the state toward a carbon-free future, Illinois’ auditor general said in a report released this week.

Chicago leaders condemned federal agents after their unannounced visit to a Puerto Rican museum in Humboldt Park sparked fear.

Harvey Ald. Colby Chapman formally learned Wednesday a felony charge of aggravated battery to a police officer against her was dismissed, but she was not in an overly celebratory mood.

The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused.

President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics were driving the U.S. leader’s use of import taxes.