U Of I Prof: Threat To Block Increase Of Debt Ceiling Is A Bluff
The threat to block an increase of the federal debt ceiling is probably no more than that, according to an economics professor at the University of Illinois.
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The threat to block an increase of the federal debt ceiling is probably no more than that, according to an economics professor at the University of Illinois.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is turning up the heat on organized labor by disclosing some of the work-rule changes he is asking union leaders to accept in order to save the jobs of 625 city employees.
Mayor Emanuel says he'll deal with Ald. Edward Burke's police detail--when it's time.
An appeals panel has turned down former Gov. George Ryan's bid to have his conviction overturned, just nine days after he lost his wife to lung cancer.
Gov. Pat Quinn says he will fight to cancel pay raises for nearly 30,000 state workers, and he will go to court, if necessary, to do so.
There's one question Mayor Rahm Emanuel doesn't want to answer yet: where will his kids attend school in two months?
Rod Blagojevich's defense team appears to have taken its first steps toward filing an appeal of his conviction on 17 corruption counts last month.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel promised sweeping ethics reforms during his campaign, and now he has rolled out a new round.
The nation's largest union - the National Education Association, meeting here in Chicago - has endorsed President Obama for re-election.
Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday signed election reform legislation that he says will empower Illinois' residents with better access to the democratic process.
Illinois' state treasurer and comptroller have given up, at least for now, on the idea of unifying their offices.
The ink is barely drive on Illinois' new workers' compensation law, but already, Republicans in the legislature are hoping to make far bigger changes.
Vice President Joe Biden has been in Chicago, speaking to a nationwide teachers union, saying Republicans are attempting to blame educators for budget shortfalls; and he said that's "one of the biggest scams in modern American history."
Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford suspended a top administrator for a college-savings program because she let some state employees in on a state-matching opportunity before the public heard about it.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has backed off on a threat to lay off 625 city workers earlier this week, instead going ahead with $20 million in budget cuts that don't affect union jobs.
