Aldermen offered resounding support for a new Tourism Improvement District, a self-tax on downtown hotel stays that would bolster the city's tourism marketing dollars.

The increase in the city’s 17.5% hotel tax would more than double the marketing budget for the convention and tourism agency ...

Chicago’s proposed tourism improvement district would let hotels fund marketing and convention recruitment themselves — boosting competitiveness without raising taxes on residents.

Chicago has approved $57 million in TIF for Gollub and Co. to convert a half-vacant downtown office tower into 349 apartments ...

The lead backer of the Chicago City Council’s push to grant police the power to declare curfews on teens anywhere, anytime says he plans to float a compromise to Mayor Brandon Johnson following a mass ...