Downstate GOP Targeting Quinn In Attack Ads
The 2012 general election is coming up in barely two months, and between now and then, you can expect to see and hear negative advertising featuring someone who's in office for at least two more years.
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The 2012 general election is coming up in barely two months, and between now and then, you can expect to see and hear negative advertising featuring someone who's in office for at least two more years.
Chicago Public Schools parents can count on one thing – there will be school on the day after Labor Day, the first day of classes for hundreds of thousands of students.
Gov. Pat Quinn has until Tuesday of next week to decide whether he will sign, reject or alter legislation expanding gambling in Illinois – and allowing a casino in Chicago.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle conducted a 45-minute Internet video chat Thursday evening -- looking for ways to eliminate a $267 million budget shortfall.
The Emanuel administration has launched a new effort to reduce homelessness throughout the city, with help from the private sector, and a focus on young people.
Illinois edged closer to having its worst-in-the-nation credit rating lowered even further as a rating agency declared Thursday that failure to address massive pension problems is a "credit negative" for the state.
The deadline is nearing for Gov. Pat Quinn to act on the state's gambling expansion bill.
Local Republicans were going after Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Wednesday, for her controversial comments about former President Ronald Reagan. She has apologized for saying Reagan deserves "a special place in hell" for his role in the war on drugs.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is cautiously pleased with the latest achievement test results for the Chicago Public Schools.
U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) has criticized the leaders of his party for failing to stand up for embattled Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) during his race for the U.S. Senate.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is offering a preview of the remarks he is expected to give at the Democratic National Convention next month.
What happens if your kids show up at school, and the teachers don't? As the Chicago Teachers Union moved a step closer to a strike, the Chicago Board of Education was discussing what do do if teachers actually walk off the job.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is apologizing for saying former President Ronald Reagan deserves "a special place in hell" for his role in the war on drugs.
Gov. Pat Quinn said Tuesday his grassroots campaign on pension reform is going to have to wait a few weeks, despite his feelings of urgency.
Just follow the money, GOP state chairman Pat Brady tells CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine.
