Park Ridge man says failures by Post Office cost him opportunity to run for state Senate as write-in
Michael Walters thought he did everything right.
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Michael Walters thought he did everything right.
CBS News projects Chuck Edwards will win the Republican primary in the 11th Congressional District.
The department in charge of caring for the state's most vulnerable kids is failing them on everything from regular medical visits to home checks to the way the department is staffed, an audit said.
The biggest payout is a proposed $14.25 million settlement in a wrongful conviction case that already has cost Chicago taxpayers more than $13 million.
Leaders are scrambling to find a way to curb the downtown chaos caused by large groups of kids – which resulted in a 16-year-old boy being shot and killed in Millennium Park this past Saturday.
"I'm urging parents, guardians, and responsible adults in the lives of children to make sure that you know what the rules are, and that you make a plan with your children and young people," Lightfoot said.
The new map, which sets the boundaries for Chicago's 50 wards for the next 10 years, has 14 Latino majority wards, 16 Black majority wards, one Black plurality ward, and the city's first-ever Asian majority ward.
Ten people were killed Saturday in what officials are calling a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism.
Among its requirements are a "tow rotation list," in which essentially, police agencies will call an approved list of tow companies whenever there's an accident.
Smash-and-grab thefts have been reported at stores across Chicago and the suburbs.
IDOT announced Thursday that it has revoked its permit for a red-light camera at Route 83 and 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace.
Buckner, a Democrat from Bronzeville whose district stretches from the Gold Coast to the South Chicago neighborhood, is serving his second term in the Illinois General Assembly.
A push to fight violence in Chicago has been renewed – with a new bill named after a well-known victim of gun violence named Blair Holt.
The House committee investigating the Capitol attack demanded testimony from House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other lawmakers.
The fight over the release of five decades of Chicago Police misconduct records made it all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday.
