Chicago

===Government===
{{Main|Government of Chicago}}
[[File:Daley Plaza 060716.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Daley Plaza]] and [[Chicago Picasso]], with [[City Hall-County Building (Chicago)|City Hall-County Building]] visible in background. At right, the [[Richard J. Daley Center|Daley Center]] contains the state law courts.]]
The government of the City of Chicago is divided into executive and [[legislature|legislative]] branches. The [[mayor of Chicago]] is the chief executive, elected by general election for a term of four years, with no term limits. The current mayor is [[Brandon Johnson]]. The mayor appoints commissioners and other officials who oversee the various departments. As well as the mayor, Chicago's clerk and treasurer are also elected citywide. The [[Chicago City Council|City Council]] is the legislative branch and is made up of 50 alderpersons, one elected from each [[wards of the United States|ward]] in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council, Your Ward & Alderperson |url=https://www.chicago.gov/content/city/en/about/council.html |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=www.chicago.gov |language=en}}</ref> The council takes official action through the passage of [[local ordinance|ordinances]] and resolutions and approves the city budget.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago Government |url=http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/chicagogovt.html |work=City of Chicago |access-date=October 13, 2013 |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111074509/https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/chicagogovt.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Chicago Police Department]] provides law enforcement and the [[Chicago Fire Department]] provides fire suppression and emergency medical services for the city and its residents. Civil and criminal law cases are heard in the [[Cook County Circuit Court]] of the State of Illinois court system, or in the [[Northern District of Illinois]], in the federal system. In the state court, the public prosecutor is the Illinois [[state's attorney]]; in the Federal court it is the United States [[District Attorney|attorney]].