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It took an anti-airport noise group two dozen formal requests over the past couple years to get a meeting with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, but they said their meeting at City Hall on Wednesday was "a waste of our time."
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner used his State of the State address Wednesday to make another case for changes he says would make Illinois more competitive, even as he acknowledged that huge opposition from Democrats has prompted a record budget stalemate and crippled social services and other programs.
The head of the mayor's task force on reforming Chicago police policies and practices is asking for public input before it suggests any changes at the department.
Gov. Bruce Rauner's speech at the Illinois State Capitol was expected to be much different from his first State of the State address to the Illinois General Assembly.
For the first time since he's been mayor, Rahm Emanuel is releasing text messages in response to our Freedom of Information request.
Ahead of tomorrow's State of the State address by Governor Bruce Rauner, Mayor Rahm Emanuel met with more than a dozen state lawmakers to discuss his administration's legislative agenda and efforts on education and public safety, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
The day before Governor Bruce Rauner was set to deliver his "State of the State" address, a group representing 200 Illinois service agencies was calling him out for the ongoing budget stalemate.
Acting Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante said the department has employed multiple strategies to quell a significant spike in violent crime at the start of the New Year – including the shootings of 16 people over an 11-hour period on Monday, including five homicides.
A former top city official has been convicted of all charges accusing him of taking up to $2 million in bribes and illicit gifts in exchange for steering more than $100 million in red light camera contracts to an Arizona firm.
Want to buy your first house, but the down payment and closing costs are too steep? The city wants to help, with a handout worth thousands of dollars. CBS 2's Mike Parker explains how you can cash in.
A top Democrat says inequity in Illinois' school funding formula is the "defining crisis of our time" and an overhaul is a top priority.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is defending his hiring of a high-priced, former high-ranking Chicago Police official as the City's Police Department makes reforms after the Laquan McDonald shooting, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
As he prepares to deliver his first State of the State address in front of legislative leaders who he's battled over his "Turnaround Agenda," Governor Bruce Rauner is not backing down.
The governor brought the Statehouse press corps to a crowded basement file room in the Springfield headquarters of the Illinois Department of Corrections to illustrate the inefficiency of the state's current IT systems structure.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says he's stunned by a new report showing that nearly half the young black men in Chicago are neither in school nor working, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
