Eugene C. Schulter

A Northwest Side alderman likely will not be allowed to run for re-election as the 35th Ward Democratic committeeman because of a challenge to the number of signatures he submitted to get his name on the ballot. Yolanda Sayre, a hearing officer for the...

The president of the 47th Ward Democratic Organization was arrested Saturday morning and charged with misdemeanor battery stemming from an alleged election-night scuffle, authorities said. Chicago police arrested William Helm at about 10:30 a.m....

Barring a late surge of voters, election officials are estimating voter turnout in today’s mayoral election could be as low as 40 percent, well off the 50 percent predicted. Polls are set to close at 7 p.m. Langdon Neal, chairman of the Chicago...

UPDATED at 9:43 p.m. Posted by Hal Dardick and John Byrne at 7:10 p.m.; check back for updates on results. City Council incumbents in several wards were beating back challenges tonight but at least two longtime aldermen appeared headed for......

Posted by Hal Dardick at 5:02 p.m. A longtime alderman, a former Cook County Board commissioner and the owner of a well-known restaurant chain are among 11 people who have applied to sit on a county panel that determines whether......

Posted by Hal Dardick at 4:02 p.m.; updated at 4:10 p.m. Longtime North Side Ald. Eugene Schulter is ending his re-election bid as he pursues an appointment to a Cook County panel that hears property-tax appeals. Schulter today said he's......

Posted by Hal Dardick at 3:55 p.m.; updated at 10:07 p.m. Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans today skipped over some of the more politically prominent candidates for a vacant seat on the board that hears property tax assessment appeals......