Madigan: School Districts Should Start Contributing To Teacher Pensions
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says local school districts haven't been paying into their teachers' retirement systems, and he thinks it may be high time that they did.
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Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says local school districts haven't been paying into their teachers' retirement systems, and he thinks it may be high time that they did.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's neurosurgeon said Tuesday that Kirk is doing better than expected after his weekend stroke.
A state lawmaker says Illinois is wasting a lot of money on cars that aren't needed.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel held his second Facebook town hall Monday night.
The Better Government Association has set up an online petition to eliminate the state's legislative scholarship program, with state Rep. Robert Rita (D-Blue Island) now accused of granting a scholarship to a political ally's daughter.
A federal judge denied a retrial Tuesday for longtime Illinois powerbroker William Cellini, rejecting arguments that he didn't get a fair trial because a juror lied about her criminal past during jury selection.
Mayor Emanuel has backed off on a cost-cutting move to close libraries on Mondays, despite the library union's refusal to make concessions. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine explains.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin suggested Monday that President Barack Obama would do well were Republican candidate Newt Gingrich to continue his strong South Carolina showing and end up with the GOP nomination.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) suffered a stroke over the weekend and has undergone surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Voters in South Carolina shook up the race for the Republican presidential nomination over the weekend, handing Newt Gingrich an upset victory against and delivering a setback to heretofore frontrunner Mitt Romney. Political analyst Stephen Caliendo has some thoughts.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in Washington, D.C., joining mayors from across the United States in supporting the rights of same-sex couples to marry.
Gov. Pat Quinn announced Thursday that he plans to close a Tinley Park mental hospital and a Jacksonville center for people with developmental disabilities as he ramps up efforts to move people out of state institutions and into group homes or other kinds of community care.
The City Council has approved a new map for Chicago's 50 wards, as required following the 2010 Census.
Political strategist and former presidential adviser David Axelrod will launch a political institute at his alma mater, the University of Chicago, after the 2012 election.
Illinois keeps falling farther behind on its debt, and Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka says it's even worse than it appears.
