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Mayor Rahm Emanuel essentially told Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday, "I scratched your back, now you scratch mine," when it comes to pension reform, amid signs the governor might veto or significantly alter legislation to reform two city pension funds.
As of today, most mobile device users have the ability to send a text to 911 in an emergency, but that doesn't mean law enforcement will be able to respond immediately
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has sought to counter a perception his administration stifles dissent from school principals, saying he and Chicago Public Schools administrators have an open-door policy.
A former CTA employee who says he was axed for blowing the whistle on what he called unrealistic budget projections "has no clue what he's talking about,'' CTA President Forrest Claypool said Wednesday
House Speaker Michael Madigan said Wednesday that his chamber's effort to pass a budget without first securing all the needed revenue would aid a push to make an income tax hike permanent, but his colleagues in the Senate were not happy with the unusual move.
Federal investigators are combing records at Hines Veterans Hospital in Maywood and Senator Mark Kirk says they're there for a good reason.
Mariano's, the popular grocery store chain now has plans to build another store on Chicago's South Side, this one in Bronzeville, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
A state lawmaker is calling on Governor Quinn to fire the company that runs the Illinois lottery, reports WBBM's Regine Schlesinger.
A former city official has been arrested for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to steer $124 million worth of red light camera contracts to a company that has since been booted from the program.
Rep. Michael McAuliffe (R-Chicago) supported building the new east-west runways at O'Hare, but he said the most recent comprehensive noise studies were conducted before the new runways were built.
Members of the community group Chicago Light Brigade say Gale Math and Science Academy is facing a $310,000 funding cut, even though paint is peeling from ceilings and walls and the fire alarm system doesn't work properly.
Are all of these extreme weather events evidence of global warming or climate change?
Former Vice President Al Gore implored a local crowd to get involved in efforts to address climate change in a speech at the University of Chicago on Monday.
Senator Dick Durbin says students with loans should get the same break as homeowners with mortgages and be allowed to refinance down, reports WBBM's John Cody.
As the Veterans' Administration launches a nationwide audit of its health facilities, Congressman Michael Quigley says there seem to be some deep rooted problems at the agency
