Parking Industry Protests City Congestion Fee
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed a $2 congestion fee for people who park in public garages and lots downtown.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed a $2 congestion fee for people who park in public garages and lots downtown.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel was experiencing a first on Wednesday – pushback from a majority of Chicago aldermen. It's all over his budget plan for 2012.
Former patients, community groups and officials of hospitals in the south suburbs on Tuesday asked a legislative committee not to close the Tinley Park Mental Health Center.
Cook County Commissioners shot down a proposal some members of the County Board say was a move toward transparency in the budget process.
Illinois power broker and millionaire businessman William Cellini has been found guilty on two of four counts related to a conspiracy to squeeze the Oscar-winning producer of "Million Dollar Baby" for a campaign contribution.
It's not unusual for lawmakers to announce they won't seek re-election in a redistricting year, but a Springfield political expert says that will present challenges this time around.
A state lawmaker at the center of controversial 911 calls from her home has decided not to run for re-election, reversing an earlier statement.
It was reading time and protest time for more than 100 city librarians and supporters Monday morning at a rally outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office at City Hall.
A state lawmaker at the center of controversial 911 calls from her home has decided not to run for re-election, reversing an earlier statement.
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is predicting he'll be "vindicated" by an ethics investigation into whether he or someone on his behalf offered to raise funds for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in return for an appointment to President Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.
Mayor Emanuel on Friday took questions on a variety of topics: McPier, the demonstrators trying to camp out in Grant Park and a proposed crackdown on some dog owners. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says only about half of the county's workers took unpaid furlough days agreed to by their unions this year.
The Occupy Chicago protesters are trying to strike a deal with City Hall for a permanent place to gather, but haven't gotten very far.
Federal agents found an unregistered gun in the Las Vegas home of former Cicero Town President Betty Loren-Maltese – a development that could be problematic given that she is on parole.
