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Jurors in the corruption retrial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich wrapped up their third day of deliberations on Tuesday without reaching a verdict, but they did send their first note to the judge.
Jurors in the corruption retrial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich wrapped up their third day of deliberations on Tuesday without reaching a verdict, but they did send their first note to the judge.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy on Tuesday downplayed the significance of mob attacks in the downtown area, and said police are "on top of" the situation.
The Iraq War veteran's departure raises speculation she may run for a U.S. House seat.
Jurors in the Rod Blagojevich corruption retrial have wrapped up their second day of deliberations, meeting without a word on their progress on Monday.
Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday signed historic legislation overhauling education and paving the way for a longer school day. But funding issues remain.
Republican lawmakers have teamed up to expanded the law which block the congressional pensions from convicted felons.
Jurors in the Rod Blagojevich corruption retrial have wrapped up their second day of deliberations, meeting without a word on their progress on Monday.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says he is concerned that many large companies have threatened to leave his home state due to higher taxes, but he says Illinois lawmakers had to take action to pay the state's vendors.
Jurors spent a few hours Friday beginning their deliberations in the federal corruption retrial of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich before going home for the weekend.
Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) has begun a new effort to do away with the city's employee head tax, which affects business owners.
Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer Jean-Claude Brizard says that if he is offered a salary bonus for raising students' test scores, he won't accept it.
The federal jury in Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial officially went home Friday afternoon after beginning to deliberate the deposed governor's fate.
Have news reports about mobs of teenagers rampaging along the Gold Coast and Streeterville eclipsed stories about ongoing gang violence in poorer neighborhoods?
Rod Blagojevich's defense attorney delivered a passionate closing argument on Thursday, saying prosecutors had proven nothing criminal and that the government wanted the jury to be nothing more than a "rubber stamp" for their case against the former governor.
