City Council Committee Approves Mayor Emanuel's Budget
Chicago Aldermen have advanced Mayor Emanuel's proposed 2014 budget, leaving it poised for final action next week.
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Chicago Aldermen have advanced Mayor Emanuel's proposed 2014 budget, leaving it poised for final action next week.
Richard Calica has served as director of DCFS since December 2011. Chief of staff Denise Gonzales will step in as Acting Director effective immediately.
Chicago and Mexico City have been sister cities since 1991. Mayor Emanuel's office says more than 1.5 million people of Mexican descent live in Chicago.
Former Mayor Richard M. Daley will not have to take the stand in a post-conviction hearing of a man who said he was forced into confessing to a 1982 gang rape after detectives working under disgraced Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge tortured him.
Prosecutors have responded to Rod Blagojevich's appeal of his corruption conviction, challenging the notion that the behavior that landed the disgraced former Illinois governor behind bars was run-of-the-mill political horse-trading.
The 22nd of November marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas made it clear Tuesday he has no problem being Gov. Pat Quinn's "second banana" as his running mate in next year's election, saying he's focused on serving the state.
Paul Vallas, the former Chicago School CEO and political candidate, will make his debut as Governor Pat Quinn's 2014 running mate on Tuesday.
The Teamsters union - representing law enforcement officers at the Cook County Sheriff's office - has taken out a full-page newspaper ad criticizing the sheriff's staffing and spending priorities.
Both U.S. Senators from Illinois were at Lurie Children's Hospital today to talk about their bill - expected to become law soon - to help schoolchildren who suffer from life-threatening allergies.
Gov. Quinn on Friday selected former Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas as his running mate.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push to stiffen penalties for illegal guns hit an unexpected roadblock in the Illinois House on Thursday, as black lawmakers managed to halt the proposal for now.
The Cook County Forest Preserve District drew a good-sized crowd Thursday morning for an open-air public meeting to discuss planned improvements to the Swallow Cliff Woods preserve in Palos Hills.
Cicero Town President Larry Dominick has won the latest round in the bitter, long-running battle with two of his brothers, one of whom alleged that he was fired from a town board after blowing the whistle on his brother to the Internal Revenue Service.
Mayor says Ventra contractor won't get paid until system is working the way it should.
