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Mayor Emanuel says it's "premature" to say if a higher tax on phone bills could be used to reduce the property tax hike he's planned to help shore up the pension system, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Environmentalists and Democratic political leaders gathered in Chicago to build a coalition they think will be needed to put the president's climate change proposal into action.
Elected officials from Chicago are heralding the passage of legislation making it easier for young people to have their minor arrest records erased, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Monday is the first day that county clerks throughout the entire state of Illinois must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
The board set a 4 p.m. meeting Tuesday to consider a final vote on the closings. The meeting will be held at the School Service Center, 620 E. 10th Place.
The Illinois Legislature sent a new state budget to Gov. Pat Quinn Friday that majority Democrats acknowledge puts off tough decisions about whether to slash spending or find new sources of revenue -- including possibly making Illinois' temporary tax increase permanent -- until after the November election.
Agent Ryan McDonald testified Friday at state Rep. Derrick Smith's trial. McDonald says the application for a wiretap indicated the campaign worker-turned-informant had one arrest. He actually had 22.
Despite so many high-profile arrests and convictions in political corruption cases in Chicago, the head of the local FBI office said there are still plenty of active investigations running.
Gov. Pat Quinn's administration closed three health facilities in 2012 but left behind tractors and a forklift, an unidentified medical specimen and boxes full of confidential patient and employee records, an audit released Thursday said.
Opening statements Thursday at an Illinois lawmaker's bribery trial focused on a campaign worker-turned-FBI informant, referred to in court only by a first name, Pete, who secretly recorded state Rep. Derrick Smith allegedly seeking a $7,000 bribe.
A crowd of demonstrators gathered outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office at City Hall, expressing their outrage about the case of tanning parlor manager Jianqing "Jessica" Klyzek.
Derrick Smith, 50, is accused of taking $7,000 in exchange for writing a letter supporting a day care center's application for a state grant.
Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg has vowed to shut down a controversial gun range, claiming there have been complaints about stray bullets landing in yards where children play, but the park district -- which owns the land -- called the move a political stunt.
Illinois lawmakers continued to grapple Wednesday with a new state budget, as Republicans ripped majority Democrats for spending beyond their means with a plan even Democrats acknowledge leaves "big unanswered questions" about the state's finances.
Aldermen and advocates have introduced an ordinance to ensure that uniforms for City of Chicago Employees are not produced in sweatshops, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
