Chicago transit agencies warn of drastic cuts amid $770 million budget shortfall
The Regional Transportation Authority, the umbrella agency overseeing CTA, Metra, and Pace, is calling the situation potentially devastating.
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The Regional Transportation Authority, the umbrella agency overseeing CTA, Metra, and Pace, is calling the situation potentially devastating.
A former Trump Tower Chicago board member is suing the Trump Organization, alleging racketeering, wire fraud and retaliation, including having him arrested in the tower's spa facilities.
A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to "activist judges" two weeks before the state's pivotal Supreme Court election.
Tense negotiations have been going on for months over pension payments for Chicago Public Schools employees and raises for teachers.
CBS News has obtained an internal government list of the names of the Venezuelans the Trump administration deported to El Salvador.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood are in Romeoville Thursday to discuss attacks by the Trump Administration on Social Security.
Police had to shut down a town hall with U.S. Rep. Sean Casten in Downers Grove Wednesday evening after disruptions from pro-Palestinian protesters.
Madigan was convicted Feb. 12 of bribery conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud charges on Wednesday, but acquitted of seven others.
President Trump has taken aim at the Department of Education, but shutting down the department entirely would require an act of Congress.
The mayor met Wednesday with CPS Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez, Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, and Ald. Jason Ervin (28th), head of the City Council Budget Committee.
The mayor had a few eyebrow-raising comments Tuesday.
One professor said this JFK assassination files release is "certainly the most useful" of any so far "because of the redactions being removed."
Wisconsin voters are casting the first ballots in a pivotal state Supreme Court race that will determine whether liberal or conservative justices control the highest court in the crucial presidential battleground.
Preckwinkle cited her concerns with the Trump administration as a reason to run.
A new federal lawsuit has revealed new details of 22 people taken into custody by the Chicago office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
