Hearing Today On Fight Over State Lawmakers' Pay
House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton sued after Gov. Pat Quinn used his veto power earlier this summer to cut money for legislators' salaries from the state budget.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton sued after Gov. Pat Quinn used his veto power earlier this summer to cut money for legislators' salaries from the state budget.
Zoe, a 3-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, has worked 26 fire scenes since starting the job in May.
Cross, who faces a Republican opponent in the March primary, had considered seeking the state's attorney general post, but the former prosecutor changed course after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan decided to seek re-election.
Described by a family friend as "a jack of all trades," and a lover of water sports – from jet skiing to boating – 47-year-old Dave Azooz spent a lot of time on Lake Marie, just outside Antioch.
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin did not handle the Nicarico case, but said it weighs heavily on him and everyone else who works with victims of child abuse, and the families of children who have been murdered.
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Sylvia Robinson's husband found her unresponsive in a home in the 1400 block of Sheridan Road in Highland Park, shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday.
She's not really Tina Turner - but she sings her songs on the streets of Chicago, WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
A defense motion to exclude portions of an interrogation in which Suggs admits to stealing a car to escape the murder scene, and other statements in which says he has stolen other cars, was denied Monday
David "Big Dave" Lewisbey isn't facing drug charges, though — he's accused of making a small fortune by illegally supplying the guns that fuel Chicago's deadly gang violence.
For the first time, the agency is preparing to outfit every patrol trooper and sergeant with the so-called "non-lethal" weapons, which can immobilize a person with a high-voltage charge.
A Gary man was shot to death while he was sitting in a car at a northwest Indiana intersection Tuesday morning.
It was a terrifying carjacking that lead to a high speed chase and a dramatic crash.
Kathy Gaarde's husband and daughter spoke tonight about her loss, about the Chicago native who was one of those killed in Monday's D.C. rampage.
Emergency crews are searching for a man who went into the water in Lake Marie near north suburban Antioch Tuesday night but never surfaced after the boat he and his daughter were on had engine problems.
