Rey Colon

A City Council hearing on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's speed-camera plan has been postponed as aldermen try to figure out how constituents will react to them supporting the controversial proposal. Ald. Margaret Laurino, 39th, called off the Monday meeting of the...

Less than two hours after putting the finishing touches on a new map of the city's 50 wards, the Chicago City Council  approved it over the vehement objections of some aldermen whose political futures are imperiled by the redrawn boundaries. The vote was...

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...

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...

Chicago aldermen spent hours Wednesday offering homages to the departing Mayor Richard Daley, lauding his civic passion, political guts and even his my-way-or-the-highway tendencies. The abundant praise from all but a few City Council members was...

The Logan Square Farmers Market, whose future looked murky earlier this month, will go on after all, Alderman Rey Colon (35th) announced late this afternoon.   During a City Council meeting earlier this month Colon had scheduled a hearing to oppose the...

UPDATED at 12:40 p.m.; originally posted by Hal Dardick and John Byrne at 12:10 p.m. Campaigns for alderman continued today in nearly a third of the city's wards where no single candidate got a clear majority in Tuesday's election. In......

Posted by Hal Dardick at 6:57 p.m. The future of the popular Logan Square Farmers Market is uncertain as a political feud stemming from City Council elections continues between a Northwest Side alderman and the organizer. Ald. Rey Colon, 35th,......

Posted by Hal Dardick and John Byrne at 12:01 a.m.; last updated at 2:17 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley today told aldermen at his final City Council meeting that he "loved every minute" of his time in office. “This is the......