Obama Declares 15 Tornado-Struck Counties Disaster Areas
The announcement came one day after Gov. Pat Quinn submitted his request for tornado relief for the affected counties, where more than 1,000 homes remain uninhabitable.
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The announcement came one day after Gov. Pat Quinn submitted his request for tornado relief for the affected counties, where more than 1,000 homes remain uninhabitable.
A federal judge has denied former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers' request to remain free on bond while he appeals his conviction on tax evasion charges.
The City Council approved Mayor Emanuel's 2014 city budget that includes a cigarette tax hike and counts on millions in revenue from tickets issued by speed and red light cameras.
Zach Fardon, a former assistant federal prosecutor, was sworn in Monday by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
On this chill November day the powerful spoke -- and many remembered -- a dream achieved, then lost, with the election of Chicago's first African American mayor.
The weather's cold, but the political season is starting to heat up. Monday is the first day candidates can file nomination petitions for the upcoming elections.
Monday is the first day candidates in the upcoming elections can file nominating petitions.
Reports that Cook County judges have been improperly sentencing violent criminals to a boot camp reserved for non-violent offenders have prompted a criminal justice expert to call for a fix.
The four Republicans running for governor were in the south suburbs Thursday, trying put some distance between each other in a race with no clear front-runner.
Municipal workers in Will County said they're in it for the long haul as they entered day four of a labor strike, following 15 months of failed negotiations.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart met with two trustees from the village of Robbins Wednesday, but deferred any decision on taking command of the suburb's police department.
Illinois will soon become the 16th state to allow same-sex couples to marry, as Gov. Pat Quinn is scheduled to sign gay marriage legislation at a public ceremony at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Wednesday afternoon.
A state senator wants car dealerships open on Sunday and the car dealers don't like the idea, reports WBBM's John Cody.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel promises he'll regulate the storage of pet coke which is piled up by hundreds of thousands of tons on the banks of Chicago's Calumet River.
Gov. Pat Quinn gave President Obama an update on the damage, relief efforts and emergency response.
