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If you've ever been confused by Chicago's residential parking system, or gotten a ticket when you parked on a zoned street, City Clerk Susana Mendoza hopes you'll appreciate a new addition to her website.
Mayoral challenger Willie Wilson is criticizing Mayor Rahm Emanuel's efforts to challenge the nominating petitions he filed to get on the ballot for mayor in the 2015 election.
Gov. Pat Quinn was moving to call a special session of the Illinois General Assembly next month to vote on legislation to set up a special election in 2016 for the Illinois State Comptroller's office.
An African-American owned company in Chicago has applied to become one of the first firms to obtain a license to grow and sell medical marijuana.
The top Illinois Democrat in Congress applauded President Barack Obama's plan to begin normalizing diplomatic relations with Cuba, and end 50 years of isolation. "After 55 years of embargo and exclusion to put an end to the Castros and communism, they're still there. We should try a new approach," said U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
The people who knew the late Judy Baar Topinka best were gathering Wednesday to share stories and celebrate her life, a week after the longtime Illinois politician died of complications from a stroke.
Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner could make history when he appoints a new state Comptroller next month. That's because he or she could be the last state comptroller to serve in Illinois.
The board for Warren Township High School District 121 planned to ask board member Liz Biondi to resign Tuesday night, a week after she said the district should not hire a homosexual superintendent.
Misplaced confidence, not criminal intent, is to blame for a Chicago couple's involvement in a $5 million fraud scheme that rocked the Illinois Department of Public Health and dragged a friend of President Barack Obama into the spotlight, a defense attorney said Tuesday.
Current and retired city workers and their labor unions have filed a lawsuit arguing a law overhauling Chicago's pension systems is unconstitutional. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court also asks a judge to stop the law from taking effect Jan. 1.
A commission organized by the mayor has issued a report outlining what it calls a "strategic plan" for curbing violence in Chicago.
Closing arguments are scheduled Tuesday in the case of 77-year-old Leon Dingle Jr. and his wife, 75-year-old Karin. They face multiple counts of mail fraud, money laundering and conspiracy.
The Chicago Transit Authority says it will be testing a new rodent reduction plan that aims to get rid of rats before they're born, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan urged lawmakers Monday to let voters choose a replacement for the late Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka in 2016 after outgoing Gov. Pat Quinn and Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner make separate appointments to fill the job in the interim.
Chicago's mayoral election is little more than a month away and today, both Mayor Emanuel and one of his major challengers turned their attention to attracting Hispanic voters, reports CBS 2's Derrick Blakley.
