Dyeing the Chicago River green for St. Patrick's Day started with a simple idea hatched by two influential friends in the ...

Stephen Bailey was a Bridgeport native, and longtime friend of then-Mayor Richard J. Daley. After his discovery, he gave the mayor a call. Together, the pair started one of Chicago’s most popular ...

The fur ban ordinance was an effort to fight animal cruelty, but opponents say it would have closed historic Chicago ...

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.

One of the most famous St. Patrick’s Day traditions in the U.S. happens right in Chicago—the dyeing of the Chicago River ...

— Brian Gladstein is now executive director of the Friends of the Parks nonprofit in Chicago. He was a fundraising consultant who had worked as a regional get-out-the-vote director for Gov. JB ...

Major trade partners swiftly hit back at President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, imposing ...