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Biting, scratching, swinging punches – descriptions of reported violence on the home of an Illinois lawmaker. They center around Illinois State Sen. Suzi Schmidt (R-Lake Villa) and her husband, Robert.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel revealed Wednesday that he plans to move forward with a controversial tax plan from his campaign for mayor – cutting the city's sales tax, but applying it to several services that now go untaxed.
Bad blood between City Hall and the Chicago Teachers Union showed no sign of getting any better on Wednesday as the mayor and the union traded shots again over the push to get teachers to voluntarily accept a longer school day.
President Barack Obama is facing a serious struggle for re-election, according to his own political guru. But Obama ally Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says the race is winnable.
The Emanuel administration claimed Tuesday that many garbage collectors have been getting three-day weekends by calling in sick on Monday or Friday. The union representing those workers said it's trying to address the problem, but also said it's not nearly as bad as the city claims.
With the mayor and City Council preparing to begin the annual budget process next month, city Inspector General Joe Ferguson has suggested a host of revenue-generating and cost-saving ideas, including a city income tax and toll booths on Lake Shore Drive.
The head of the DuPage County Republican Party pleaded guilty Monday to a DUI charge stemming from an August drunken driving arrest.
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's sentencing hearing – originally set for next week – has been delayed indefinitely.
John Malatesta collects a taxpayer-assisted pension while working a public-sector job that will give him another when he retires. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports on why Mayor Emanuel might want to keep a little distance from him.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is content running his city. As for running the United States, no thanks.
Mayor Emanuel used the former Cabrini Green neighborhood -- newly transformed into mixed-income housing -- to announce the CHA's new leader, Charles Woodyard.
House Republican Leader Tom Cross said Thursday that he plans to push for legislation to repeal a 1991 law that allows union leaders from Chicago to reap inflated retirement benefits from ailing city pension funds.
Supporters of the recently vetoed "Smart Grid" bill are trying to garner enough support to override the governor, and the efforts may be working.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to eliminate the city's Department of Environment as he continues to prepare his plan to close a projected $637 million budget shortfall.
Illinois Republicans have filed a measure they say will create tens of thousands of jobs. They think it's something Democrats can get behind as well.
