Chicago Public Schools Target Of Federal Investigation
Chicago Public Schools is the target of a federal investigation, officials acknowledged on Wednesday.
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Chicago Public Schools is the target of a federal investigation, officials acknowledged on Wednesday.
Howard Foster filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Chicago seeking repayment of all contributions to Schock's campaign. Foster wants to make it a class-action suit although he is currently the only plaintiff.
Caretakers of Abraham Lincoln's tomb are on the defensive over an unflattering critique in National Geographic magazine and looming budget cuts that could threaten management of the historic site, even as they commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War president's assassination.
Incumbent Michele Smith has declared victory in the 43rd Ward aldermanic race.
Congress said Tuesday it has been told at least four staffers who worked for former Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury as part of an ongoing probe into the congressman's expenses.
More than 200 people protesting the recent deaths of unarmed black and Hispanic teenagers and men at the hands of police -- both locally and nationally -- staged a Daley Plaza rally and march through downtown and West Loop streets on Tuesday.
Chicago Aldermen have to rethink their positions on who will become the City Council's budget analyst. Former Alderman Helen Shiller has broken the stalemate over the job by saying she no longer wants it, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
An outspoken couple with four kids attending Chicago Public Schools has filed a federal lawsuit, seeking to overturn a district decision banning them from public meetings of the Chicago Board of Education.
Survivors of torture under former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge and victims' supporters have long called for repayment for the suffering, pain, and often wrongful imprisonment they have suffered.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has proposed sweeping state budget cuts that have angered local officials.
He didn't support her eight years ago against Barack Obama but, now Illinois' senior senator is offering a glowing assessment of Hillary Clinton's candidacy for president, reports WBBM's Regine Schlesinger.
Rauner was reacting to a bill backed by Rep. Lou Lang, a Skokie Democrat who sponsored the original medical marijuana legislation. Lang's bill would extend the program four years from when the first dispensary begins officially operating.
A Chicago City Committee has voted to approve two big settlements in connection with cases involving police, in one way or another, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics on Sunday, announcing her much-awaited second campaign for the White House. "Everyday Americans need a champion. I want to be that champion," she said.
One of the key players in any Chicago pension reforms says he expects some significant moves from Springfield in the coming weeks, regardless of how the State Supreme Court rules on the existing pension deals, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
