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Two Chicago universities vying for Barack Obama's presidential library are taking a break in the competition to send a message to the president: Pick either one but just don't pick New York.
Jesus "Chuy" Garcia received a major boost Saturday in his bid to unseat Mayor Rahm Emanuel, as the powerful and big-spending Service Employees International Union's State Council endorsed the challenger in the April 7 runoff election.
The latest Chicago Tribune poll shows Rahm Emanuel favored by 51 percent of voters surveyed – a clear majority – versus 37 percent for Jesus "Chuy" Garcia. Eleven percent of voters said they were undecided.
It's been one of the biggest national stories of the week, but Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday said he's "not familiar" with a letter 47 Republican U.S. senators sent to the leaders of Iran, amid the Obama administration's efforts to negotiate a nuclear deal.
Gov. Bruce Rauner said he's going the offensive in an effort to increase the number of jobs in Illinois.
Saying the city is teetering on a financial cliff, mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia on Friday outlined the first specifics of his budget plans, though he remained vague on key details.
Thursday's filing asks a federal judge to impose the minimum prison sentence on former state Rep. Keith Farnham. The Elgin Democrat faces between five and 20 years for transporting child pornography. Sentencing is scheduled for March 19.
Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock, under scrutiny for lavishly redecorating his Capitol Hill office and flying aboard private planes owned by donors, has built his personal wealth off extensive business dealings with campaign contributors since entering politics more than a decade ago.
That's the fallout from one of Gov. Bruce Rauner's plans to save money, opponents say. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Advocacy group Friends of the Parks sued Chicago's Park District in November. It calls the would-be museum an "assault on the shores of Lake Michigan." Mayor Rahm Emanuel embraces the plan to build on lakeside land.
After repeatedly meeting with both Mayor Rahm Emanuel and challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia over the past few weeks, businessman Willie Wilson threw his support behind Garcia in the upcoming runoff election.
A Chicago cab driver who sued the city in an effort to get cabbies classified as government employees has been slapped with a $10,000 bill for the city's legal costs.
Challenger Commissioner Chuy Garcia is reacting cooly to Mayor Emanuel's proposals for so-called "Right to Thrive" zones in some poorer neighborhoods, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
The draconian cut in state aid to the CTA proposed in Gov. Bruce Rauner's budget might be even bigger than first thought.
At a joint meeting Wednesday, three City Council panels voted heavily in favor of the Emanuel administration's plan to transfer about 20 acres of land in either Washington Park or Jackson Park to the city if the Barack Obama Foundation picks the University of Chicago's bid for the future Obama presidential library.
