Romney 'Disappointed' In Chicago Teachers' Strike
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was making the Chicago teachers' strike an issue in his campaign against President Barack Obama.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was making the Chicago teachers' strike an issue in his campaign against President Barack Obama.
The Illinois House has a new member.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson says his son will not be ready to return to Congress in the immediate future.
A downstate lawmaker plans to introduce a bill to reinstate the death penalty in Illinois.
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) has been released from the Mayo Clinic.
Three popular auto-related claims from the Democratic Party are examined and graded for accuracy.
A local group took some heat this week for briefly taking down the American flag at a Northfield park and putting up a Malaysian flag.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is defending his trip to the Democratic National Convention while the Chicago Teachers Union is poised for a possible strike.
In the wide wide world of whoppers, the big big fibs of politics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has just gone way way over the top – telling us he's leaving the Democratic National Convention early to come home to host a party, because President Barack has asked him to host it, for some Democrats in Chicago to watch the convention on TV.
It was Illinois night at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, as familiar faces from Mayor Rahm Emanuel to Gov. Pat Quinn to First Lady Michelle Obama took the stage to speak to the crowd, as Illinois' delegates sat front row.
About 50 protestors chanted as 10 black coffins were placed on the sidewalk outside of President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters at Prudential Plaza on Tuesday, each with the words "Hope" and "Change" on the top.
A federal jury awarded $1.6 million Tuesday to 21 Cook County sheriff's employees who claimed they were demoted by Sheriff Tom Dart for supporting his main opponent in the 2006 election.
Parents of kids at Chicago Public Schools have a huge stake in teacher contract talks, but no spot at the bargaining table; if there's a strike, they're left to wonder, "What will I do with my kids?"
For Chicagoans, there is no escaping the effort to avert a school strike – not even at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Illinois State Rep. Deborah Mell (D-Chicago) has undergone surgery to for breast cancer and is now recovering, according to published reports Tuesday.
