Aldermen Form Caucus To Push For Reform Agenda
Several members of the Chicago City Council said Tuesday they'll be speaking out and pushing hard to reform City Hall, which could put them at odds with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and some of their colleagues.
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Several members of the Chicago City Council said Tuesday they'll be speaking out and pushing hard to reform City Hall, which could put them at odds with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and some of their colleagues.
Chicago Public Schools will move to a per-pupil funding model next year, intended to give principals more flexibility in determining how they spend their school's dollars — while bringing all schools, including charters, onto the same funding formula.
The city of Geneva is the latest to end its program to catch red-light runners with cameras. Its two cameras, on Randall Road at Fargo Boulevard and Williamsburg Avenue, are being removed after the 3-year period for the program ended this past weekend.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said this morning's completion of the replacement of half the Wells Street Bridge was just one example of what's to come, as he prepares to detail projects that will be part of his $7 billion "Building A New Chicago" plan.
Illinois broke federal securities laws in misstating the true health of its depleted pension funds when going out onto the bond market between 2005 and early 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday.
Mayor Emanuel says Chicago children would be the beneficiaries if the state allows the city to have a gambling casino.
After being delayed for more than three months, the start of Cook County Commissioner William Beavers' tax trial was off to a slow start Monday, when jury selection was pushed back a day to iron out the questions jurors will be asked.
A state lawmaker from Chicago wants Illinois to be the first state to ban the sale of lion meat, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Former alderman and convicted felon Wallace Davis Jr. was sentenced to 30 months probation Friday and ordered to pay over $100,000 in child support after he admitted he was deadbeat dad to his two young daughters.
Illinois Republican Party leaders cancelled a meeting scheduled for today to discuss the future of the party chairman, Pat Brady, who defied the party by supporting same-sex marriage, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
A day after a gun trafficking law named after slain Chicago teen Hadiya Pendleton made its way to the Senate floor, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he believes it has the best chance of becoming law out of all the gun control proposals being considered on Capitol Hill.
The Cubs got the go-ahead Thursday to hold two more summer concerts at Wrigley Field, but that could be all they get for a while if local Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) has his way.
A day after Gov. Pat Quinn upbraided lawmakers for inaction on the state's multibillion-dollar pension mess, House members found a proposal they could get behind, backing a measure to limit the salary on which a public employee's retirement benefits could be based.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel seemed unfazed Thursday by a newspaper report showing nine out of ten students attending the Chicago public schools targeted for closure are African Americans.
Highwood Ald. Harvey Knapp is from Britain. He was appointed to the city council five months ago to fill a vacancy. At the time, neither he nor Highwood's mayor realized state law requires municipal officials to be citizens.
