Emanuel Seeking Healthier Food In City Vending Machines
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed an ordinance that would require vending machines at city buildings to offer more healthy drinks and snacks starting next year.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed an ordinance that would require vending machines at city buildings to offer more healthy drinks and snacks starting next year.
Sam Adam Jr. -- a high-profile attorney never at a loss for words -- says a lot of people want him to give it a go.
The Election Day victories for same-sex marriage in several states have supporters of the effort in Illinois saying the atmosphere has changed, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday that he'd lead an effort to legalize same-sex marriages in Illinois as well
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday he believes the atmosphere is right in Washington, D.C., for an agreement to be reached before the nation collectively goes off the proverbial fiscal cliff.
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was released from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota on Tuesday, after a second stint there to be treated for bipolar disorder.
William Cellini's one-page filing cites "the stress" the case has put on his family and the 78-year-old's poor health.
Two nationally prominent Democrats are ending their "wait-and-see" approach to Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s problems and raising questions about his future. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
The Chicago mayor and Illinois' senior U.S. senator were asked Monday about the sex scandal that ended the CIA of David Petraeus.
Rahm Emanuel says if mistakes were made, they will be corrected – and he has bigger things to worry about.
There has been no official response from the Jackson family to the exclusive CBS 2 report that Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has been negotiating a plea deal with federal prosecutors that would lead to his resignation for health reasons and likely jail time. Reactions among his constituents on Saturday were mixed.
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White said Saturday he hopes state lawmakers find a way to oust Derrick Smith from the Illinois House again, after he was re-elected despite being ousted by his colleagues over his bribery indictment.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Saturday said that President Obama's reelection was "a great victory," but that it would be incomplete with a reconstruction of urban America and an investment in the communities where the blacks who voted overwhelmingly for the president live.
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has headed from the kitchen to the library at the federal prison in suburban Denver, as he continues his 14-year sentence for corruption charges.
The embattled South Side congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. would resign for health reasons, admit to misspending campaign funds and likely spend some time behind bars, CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine has learned.
The cost of smoking, buying guns, and playing the slots in Cook County will be going up next year, but the county is also getting rid of the final portion of the hated 2008 sales tax hike.
