Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart Blasts Gov. Rauner For "Deplorable" Inaction Leading To Social Service Cuts
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says Governor Rauner's inaction has led to the shutdown of dozens of social service programs.
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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says Governor Rauner's inaction has led to the shutdown of dozens of social service programs.
Former Chicago Police Department Deputy Superintendent Charles Ramsey will be returning to the department to serve as a special advisor, the city announced on Sunday morning.
Dennis Hastert was accused in May of evading banking regulations as part of a plan to pay hush money to conceal "prior misconduct."
With their longtime friendship having grown increasingly fractured, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday said Gov. Bruce Rauner should put as much effort into solving problems as he does attacking his political rivals.
Hundreds of workers at the central offices of the Chicago Public Schools were getting layoff notices on Friday, as the district tries to plug a $480 million budget hole.
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said contract negotiations with the Chicago Public Schools have been going well, and she thinks a strike can be avoided.
The mother of Sandra Bland, the Chicago woman who was found dead in a Texas jail cell last year after she was arrested during a traffic stop, joined other grieving families at a Chicago Police Board meeting Thursday night to ask board members to understand their suffering — and do something about it.
A former executive director of the Harvey Park District, already facing charges of stealing more than $100,000 from the Cook County assessor's office, has been accused of swiping money from the beleaguered south suburb's park district too.
CBS 2's Rob Johnson looks at the increasingly volatile rhetoric between the onetime friends.
The Illinois governor was criticized last week for lingering state budget problems that could harm universities. CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez reports on his response.
Tensions between Crystal Lake South High School and neighboring homeowners have eased after the school's massive bleachers came down, and both sides appeared to be on the same page when a revised bleacher plan went before the local zoning commission on Wednesday.
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed against one of the two Chicago police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Cedrick Chatman three years ago.
Outraged parents staged a sit-in overnight at a Little Village elementary school to protest a planned merger with a neighboring high school.
Amid a spike in shootings and homicides to start the new year, the Chicago Police Department has forged a new partnership with the Cook County Sheriff's office to target gang violence that affects both the city and suburbs.
Illinois Republicans insisted they're throwing the Chicago Public Schools a "lifeline" with legislation that would allow a state takeover of the schools, and allow the district to seek bankruptcy protection to restructure its massive debt.
