Illinois House Shoots Down Ban On Gay Conversion Therapy
An effort to ban the controversial practice of "conversion therapy" to turn gay, lesbian and bisexual youth heterosexual has been defeated in the Illinois House.
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An effort to ban the controversial practice of "conversion therapy" to turn gay, lesbian and bisexual youth heterosexual has been defeated in the Illinois House.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk has proposed legislation that would require the federal government to tell air travelers which airports don't adequately check passengers for stolen passports.
An Illinois state representative who once proposed merit pay for local school council members was among the 6,000 people recently elected to LSCs in Chicago.
Illinois voters will consider a constitutional amendment this fall aimed at scuttling attempts at voter suppression after Senate action Thursday.
Illinois lawmakers took steps Thursday toward creating rules for unregulated ridesharing companies, which have gained popularity in Chicago the past few years.
It would be a bitter turn in labor negotiations that have been stalled since December. The village says it doesn't have the money to meet the union's demands. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
A proposal in Springfield aims to protect pregnant women in Illinois against workplace discrimination.
County commissioners voted 15-0 to prohibit pet shops from selling dogs, cats, and rabbits from large commercial breeders. The ban would go into effect in suburban Cook County in October, seven months earlier than a similar ban in the city of Chicago.
State Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove), who is challenging U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in the November election, has reversed his stance on the minimum wage, and unveiled his own plan to raise it to $10 per hour over three years for adult workers.
By an astonishingly wide margin, Illinois residents trust their government officials to handle their problems far less than any other state.
County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Sheriff Tom Dart have sought alternate arrangements such as home monitoring for inmates charged with non-violent crimes, but Alvarez expressed reservations to a broad-brush approach to releasing such inmates.
The legislation sponsored by House Speaker Michael Madigan overcame earlier resistance after the Chicago Democrat removed language mentioning the tax increase. Opponents feared they'd be blamed for a Chicago tax increase.
Declaring a victory for his health care reform plan, the New Yorker's latest cover shows President Obama spoon-feeding GOP leaders their medicine.
Charter school advocates said at least 12 pieces of proposed legislation in Springfield would harm charter schools if approved.
It's election day in Chicago Monday. Not for mayor or alderman, but for a group of lesser-known people who can have a big impact on how public schools are run.
