Gov. Rauner Rattles Saber In Op-Ed Piece; Can State Budget Deadline Be Met?
CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports on Gov. Bruce Rauner going on the offensive.
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CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports on Gov. Bruce Rauner going on the offensive.
Illinois State Board of Education spokesman Matt Vanover said the PARCC governing board has streamlined the Illinois exam, after analyzing feedback from parents and others.
City officials broke ground Thursday on a new consolidated rental car facility at O'Hare International Airport, designed to bring every rental car agency under one roof, and reduce traffic congestion on airport terminal roadways.
Three ex-state employees who claim former Treasurer Dan Rutherford fired them 10 months ago in retaliation for providing damaging evidence in a sexual harassment investigation are threatening legal action unless the state gives them back pay and scrubs personnel records of the misconduct charges used to show them the door.
A nearly two-year deadlock over who would run the Chicago City Council's independent budget office has come to an end, as aldermen have reached a consensus choice to become their first-ever financial analyst.
One month after receiving a $20,000 contribution from one of the world's largest producers of ethanol, Chicago's most powerful alderman on Wednesday breathed new life into his plan to require Chicago gas stations to offer motorists a higher ethanol blend of fuel known as E-15.
CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports they are trying to raise as much $9 million or more.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says in Springfield, there's progress being made on financial matters important to Chicago right now, though most of it has been behind the scenes, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Facing backlash from the Humboldt Park community for damage caused by last year's festival, organizers of Riot Fest have moved the annual punk rock bash to Douglas Park.
A scathing new report by court-approved researchers paints a bleak picture of medical care in Illinois prisons, describing treatment delays, haphazard follow-up care, chaotic record keeping and a litany of other problems that may have cut short the lives of some inmates.
CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports Clinton is in Chicago collecting cash, but now there a new problem, to add to problems dogging the early going.
Parents unhappy about the PARCC test are one step closer to a formal process for opting their children out of it now that the Illinois House has approved a bill.
The Emanuel administration is trying to spur entrepreneurial spirit on the South Aide, with a little help from Google, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
A coalition of working families, labor unions, and others gathered at City Hall on Tuesday to call on aldermen to approve a measure that would ensure workers get paid time off when they or a family member are sick.
Having repeatedly called Cook County Jail the nation's largest mental institution, Sheriff Tom Dart has tapped a clinical psychologist to run the facility.
