A group of more than a dozen Chicago-area elected officials and nearly two dozen neighborhood organizations hosted a community meeting to share strategies for protecting policies already in place at the local and state levels.

Jurors in Michael Madigan’s federal racketeering conspiracy trial on Tuesday heard the saga of Juan Ochoa, who Madigan pushed for a seat on the ComEd board — over the objections of some Latino Democrats.

Aldermen fretted about the Chicago Fire Department’s aging vehicle fleet and sure-to-be-expensive union contract Tuesday as the city’s budget hearings continued.

With a 6-5 vote, public camping is not only banned in the city of Peoria but could come with a prison sentence.