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A government watchdog group said Wednesday that the resignations of two Regional Transportation Authority board members this week pointed to larger, troubling issues for the Chicago area's transit agencies.
A new study bolsters Mayor Emanuel's argument that summer jobs programs for teenagers are helping to hold down the crime rate, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
Congressman Bobby Rush is trying to counter what he calls innuendo and lies concerning his dealings with the embattled Metra commuter rail agency, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
"This is going to be a landmark case," said Gov. Pat Quinn, who used his veto power last month to block lawmakers' salaries over their failure to reach an agreement on pension reform.
A shotgun blast to his vest made a believer out Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel.
One law, dubbed "Kelsey's Law," was inspired by an accident in which Minooka teenager Kelsey Little was seriously injured when she was struck by a teen driver who was driving without a learner's permit.
A Chicago civil rights organization is investigating claims that a mother was unjustly beaten by police officers in Davenport Iowa after she was caught shoplifting.
A pair of liberal lawmakers are pledging opposition to conservative plans for $40 billion in cuts to the food stamp program over the next ten years.
Governor Quinn says that in the wake of the patronage and executive director payout scandal at Metra, he wants experts to look at an overhaul of the state's transportation agencies, reports WBBM Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
A state representative from Illinois who's used to writing and voting on legislation has found herself on the other side of the process, reports WBBM's Nick Young.
A new set of laws aims to help people who've served prison time find work reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
The bus stopped at 63rd and Dorchester at the Apostolic Church of God for the Chicago stop of the "I Will Act on Climate" national bus tour drumming up support for the Obama administration's climate change agenda.
School chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett said Friday's the layoffs will save the system about $4 million.
A fourth member of the Metra board has now quit following the blistering criticism that the commuter rail agency has faced over the buyout of its former chief executive officer.
The Illinois Fire Marshal said Friday he's shelving a plan that would have required sprinklers to be added to older high-rise apartment buildings as well as all new-home construction.
