A lawsuit aimed at challenging the recently enacted workers’ rights amendment to the Illinois Constitution could be coming soon.

The amendment, certified in December, puts into the state Constitution prohibitions on regulating collective bargaining rights for wages, work conditions and other issues.

Financial disparities that exist across race nationally are amplified in Cook County, according to a new study released Tuesday.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot urged members of the Chicago City Council on Monday to extend Commonwealth Edison’s lucrative contract for 15 years in return for at least $100 million from the beleaguered utility giant to be used in the city’s fight against climate change.

In a series of briefings with City Council members, top aides to Lightfoot touted the agreement as a way to make sure the lights stay on in homes and businesses across Chicago while funding the city’s transition to clean energy, according to documents obtained by WTTW News.

A new report shows rising costs are continuing to drive up spending on payroll, infrastructure, and other major areas of Illinois’ budget.

According to Pew Charitable Trusts, for November, the consumer price index rose nearly 7% in Illinois over the past year. Nationally, increases ranged from a high of more than 8.3% in Colorado, Florida, Utah and Nevada to less than 6.1% in Minnesota and the Dakotas.

The White House is planning to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, the most public signal yet that the Biden administration now believes the worst of the pandemic is over, the White House announced Monday.

The announcement was in a formal statement of opposition to two GOP bills set to be voted on in the House this week that would immediately end the national emergency and public health emergency first enacted during the Trump administration that quickly opened up federal money and resources to cities and states responding to the pandemic. The Democratic-led Senate is unlikely to vote on the legislation.