New CPS Boss: 'I'm Here For The Long Haul'
After seeing four different Chicago Public School CEOs in the past four years, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's new pick to run the school district, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, pledged Friday "I'm here for the long haul."
Watch CBS News
After seeing four different Chicago Public School CEOs in the past four years, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's new pick to run the school district, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, pledged Friday "I'm here for the long haul."
Today on the CBS Local forum, Romney and Obama were asked: What will you do to make the U.S. more energy independent?
I have a subway story to tell you; on the Red Line this morning, the train talk was all about cops, cops, cops, cops. Kind of like President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney talking all about jobs, jobs, jobs.
The gloves came off Thursday night in the race for president. The fireworks missing in the first presidential debate came out in Kentucky, at the vice presidential debate.
More than three weeks after the Chicago teachers' strike ended, Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard is out by "mutual agreement," after less than 18 months heading the city's school system.
Faced with an employee pension crisis that could become his biggest challenge, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday he is putting his full force behind getting lawmakers in Springfield to achieve an overhaul of the state's pension systems.
As CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports, Congressman Joe Walsh and challenger Tammy Duckworth are pulling out all the stops.
You'd think it would be easy to find people eager to make nearly $200 for one day's relatively easy work. But it's not, CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is hitting the campaign trail for his friend and former boss, President Barack Obama.
Political masks are big sellers at Fantasy Costumes on the Northwest Side. WBBM Newsradio's Steve Miller pays a visit.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he's willing to listen to aldermen's suggestions as they pore over his proposed budget, but there are some ideas the mayor said will generate an instant "no."
When it comes to America's future, the issue of education rises to the top for many which is why Obama and Romney were asked to weigh in on it as well.
An Illinois judge is barring Gov. Quinn's plan to close two prisons, at least for now, citing safety concerns.
Illinois Republican Congresswoman Judy Biggert has pulled out of a debate sponsored by the AARP, citing the organization's inability to "act as a neutral arbiter."
State Sen. Suzi Schmidt (R-Lake Villa) has been acquitted of trespassing and property damage charges stemming from a dispute with a neighbor this summer.
