City Receives $30.5 Million Grant To Revitalize Woodlawn Neighborhood
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday that the city has secured $30.5 million in federal funding to redevelop parts of the struggling Woodlawn neighborhood.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday that the city has secured $30.5 million in federal funding to redevelop parts of the struggling Woodlawn neighborhood.
The openly lesbian Illinois State Rep. Deborah Mell (D-Chicago) has gotten married to her partner in Iowa.
A measure that would increase electricity rates for Illinois customers to help pay for grid modernization has finally made it to the governor's desk after months of being in a legislative hold.
U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) said Tuesday that proposed Obama administration rules are stifling the economic recovery. And he wants Congress to have a much bigger say in future rulemaking.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is facing a growing tide of discontent from the city's labor unions. Fired workers, rejected contract-compromises, and unanswered cost-saving ideas all have begun generating protests aimed at City Hall.
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) has launched a new push to inform immigrants about new deportation rules.
The Village President of Channahon has been slapped with federal charges for failing to file federal income tax returns for four years.
Tax-increment financing, or TIF, is a controversial economic development tool that has been abused in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday vowed again to add oversight to the program.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is happy with his performance in the Chicago Triathlon over the weekend.
The first of several town hall meetings on Chicago's city budget became heated Monday as Mayor Rahm Emanuel went nose to nose with some critics who challenge areas he has cut.
A downstate circuit court judge has upheld Gov. Pat Quinn's authority to eliminate salaries for regional school superintendents across Illinois.
A downstate circuit court judge has upheld Gov. Pat Quinn's authority to eliminate salaries for regional school superintendents across Illinois.
Gov. Pat Quinn says enough is enough with a program where politicians are allowed to provide full rides for favored students at Illinois schools.
Businesspeople, county employees and the public lined up Thursday night for the chance to voice opinions on next year's Cook County budget.
The DuPage County Board is picking up the pay for its regional school superintendent just as Gov. Pat Quinn has asked, but there's a question whether the practice will become permanent.
