Former Congressman Mel Reynolds Indicted On Tax Charges
Former Congressman Mel Reynolds has run afoul of the law again, accused of failing to file federal tax returns for four years.
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Former Congressman Mel Reynolds has run afoul of the law again, accused of failing to file federal tax returns for four years.
Gay and lesbian couples already can marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court's ruling on Friday means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's proposal to increase the county sales tax – five years after she won office by denouncing an identical tax hike imposed by her predecessor – has some business owners on the county's outskirts worried they'll lose customers.
The governor blamed House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton for sending him a spending plan that is nearly $4 billion short on revenue.
A top financial analyst said bond rating agencies probably won't be troubled by the Chicago Board of Education's vote to borrow more than $1 billion to help the Chicago Public Schools address a massive budget crunch in the coming year.
More than 230,000 Illinois residents could have lost the tax credits that help them pay for coverage if the court had ruled the other way. In Illinois, the average monthly subsidy is $211. Without tax credits, consumers would have seen their premiums increase, on average, by 169 percent.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is defending her attempt to bring back the sales tax increase she vowed to eliminate when she first ran for the office, reports WBBM's Craig Dellimore.
If you've found driving on city streets a little smoother recently, city officials said that's because paving crews got an early start on road repairs, and have been going full blast.
A former chief of staff to the head of Illinois' public health department was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday in a case that involved a multimillion-dollar bribery and kickback scheme involving government grants and contracts.
Illinois Democrats' cross-party dispute in the state Capitol turned internal Tuesday when the majority party in the House failed to approve giving cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools a six-week reprieve on making a $634 million pension contribution.
The Illinois General Assembly makes what has become its weekly return to Springfield with a state budget still unresolved and only eight days before it's due.
The Cook County Board president campaigned in 2010 in opposition to a one cent tax increase adopted in 2008. After winning, she moved to roll back the tax, eliminating it in 2013.
A key lawmaker says many of the next moves are in the governor's hands, reports WBBM's Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
With a major payment deadline just over a week away, Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Springfield has to help Chicago work out its public school budget problems, reports WBBM's Steve Miller.
Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. returned to his home in Washington, D.C., on Monday, after spending 17 months in federal prison, and another three months in a Baltimore halfway house.
