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The lawsuit, which follows others already filed by retirees, argues the pension bill approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Pat Quinn more than a month ago violates a clause of the state constitution that says pension benefits may not be cut.
Although the city of Chicago has spent the vast majority of its budget for salting and plowing roads, because of an especially brutal winter, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said City Hall has the money to keep handling what Mother Nature throws our way.
The youth violence that has too often drawn a national spotlight on Chicago has taken a significant dip, a new analysis shows.
The mayor indicates Chicago needs a focused approached now that Columbia University in New York is competing for the project.
Senator Dick Durbin met with Chicago teens this morning to learn more about the violence that's plaguing many of their south and west side neighborhoods.
Three members of the state's congressional delegation are teaming up in a bipartisan effort to establish a national park in the historic Pullman neighborhood.
The four contenders spoke at a Thursday evening forum in Peoria.
Rahm Emanuel often brags about Chicago being a major rail hub. But at the same time, he's talking about increasing the railroads' cost of passing through Chicago. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
Ald. Edward Burke (14th) and other members of the City Council have expressed concerns about limits on their oversight, claiming they're prohibited from setting other restrictions on dispensaries and cultivation centers, beyond what is in state law.
More than two dozen protesters camped out in front of Chicago Public Schools headquarters overnight, ahead of a school board meeting to weigh plans for 17 new charter schools.
A Chicago-area businessman convicted of bribery is scheduled to be sentenced, and a federal judge may consider the man's alleged role in the scandal involving former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Members of the Chicago Teachers Union and others are holding an overnight vigil outside CPS headquarters ahead of Wednesdays's Chicago Board of Education meeting at which it will consider 17 new charter schools.
While President Obama seems to be supporting some decriminalization of marijuana, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says it's a bad idea.
Senator Mark Kirk says "it's not a lock" that the $18.5 million to combat gangs will all go to Chicago - to help Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and his work.
Defense attorney Sarah Gelsomino told the jury that her clients don't represent a terrorism case. "Not even close," she said, arguing that prosecutors have exaggerated the defendants' actions.
