Emanuel, Rep. Gutierrez Applaud Obama's Action On Immigration
Tomorrow night, President Barack Obama will give a primetime address on immigration.
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Tomorrow night, President Barack Obama will give a primetime address on immigration.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's $8.9 billion budget plan won overwhelming approval from aldermen on Wednesday, although there were some ripples of criticism along the way, particularly from mayoral challenger Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd).
Cross released a statement Wednesday saying he called and congratulated Frerichs, a state senator from Champaign.
As aldermen prepared to approve the mayor's 2015 budget plan on Wednesday, retired city workers were complaining they would be hurt by health care premiums included in the spending plan.
Parents and teachers frustrated with Illinois' school funding formula rallied for action Tuesday at the state Capitol, as House lawmakers opened talks on a bill that aims to even out disparities between districts by pumping more state dollars into poorer ones and giving less to the wealthiest.
Killeen will become the university's 20th president when current President Robert Easter retires in June. Easter, a longtime university administrator, became president in 2012, during a three-year period of turmoil.
Chicago Aldermen are recommending passage of a requirement to force companies doing bonds business with the City to disclose the diversity of their work forces, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
With state lawmakers set to return to Springfield for three days of veto session later this week, and then again in early December, advocates for a higher minimum wage were urging the legislature to act on a measure to increase the minimum wage in Illinois to $10 an hour.
The first day of candidate filings for the city elections in February gave some early indications about the various races, but can't tell the whole story.
The contest between Republican Tom Cross and Democrat Mike Frerichs has tightened as officials count mail-in and provisional ballots. Cross holds a slight edge.
Over 120 candidates or their aides waited in line with boxes and bales of paper and signatures to get themselves on the City of Chicago ballot next February, reports WBBM's John Cody.
Chicago was paying a last tribute Monday to its first and only female mayor, as funeral services were held for Jane Byrne at the church where her mother attended grammar school, and her grandparents were early members.
Jane Byrne died Friday at the age of 81. She was the city's first and only female mayor, but her funeral won't only be about her political achievements. It's also about her life as a mother, grandmother, and aunt.
Today is the start of open enrollment for 2015 healthcare coverage under the embattled Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and across Illinois there have been sign-up events where people can get help navigating the system, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Former Mayor Jane Byrne, the first and only woman to serve as mayor of Chicago, has died. Byrne's daughter has told family friends her mother died at 10 a.m. at her Chicago home.
