The City of Chicago Municipal Code requires annual inspections of elevators, escalators and other conveyance devices for all buildings located in the central business district.

A QR code billboard near the intersection of Damen Avenue and Elston Avenue is drawing criticism from residents and city ...

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The Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $90 million settlement to resolve 176 lawsuits brought by 180 people who were wrongfully convicted and collectively spent nearly 200 years behind bars.

A city “scarred and shaped by fire” is inviting more of the same by inspecting over a 12-month period just 17% of the buildings in its database for fire code violations and failing to maintain an ...

Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have required ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. 1868: Marshall Field opened his first ...

Shawn Ryan’s new cop drama, The Chicago Code, has a tough job: On a broadcast network, match the brutal poetry of Ryan’s former FX cop drama, The Shield. Early on The Chicago Code was named Ride-Along ...