Thousands Of Local Workers Affected By Government Shutdown Threat
There are tens of thousands of federal employees from various government agencies and departments in Chicago. If there is a government shutdown, a lot of them will be staying home.
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There are tens of thousands of federal employees from various government agencies and departments in Chicago. If there is a government shutdown, a lot of them will be staying home.
A diagnosis of prostate cancer is forcing the mayor of Gary to suspend his campaign for re-election.
A federal government shutdown likely wouldn't affect the retrial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich later this month.
Ald. Bernard Stone's long and colorful political career might be coming to an end, but he's found a new gig on talk radio – at least for one day.
State lawmakers want to make sure atrocities such as those documented at a group home in downstate Charleston never happen again.
A controversial state Supreme Court ruling says people who can legally carry guns in other states can bring their firearms into Illinois.
State government is still awash in red ink, but Gov. Pat Quinn is adamant that a capital project to develop a south suburban airport will move forward.
It might be a bit premature to say the honeymoon is over, but the past 24 hours haven't been great for Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel.
As he prepares to conclude his 22 years in office, Mayor Richard M. Daley kicked off a kind of "farewell tour" of Chicago's neighborhoods with a stop on the Near West Side Thursday.
The way the accounting systems for Illinois government work – or don't work – has some lawmakers up in arms.
A proposal to do away with Illinois' workers' compensation system has passed a house committee.
Amid all the talk about a new City Council, some aldermen are experiencing a mixture of happy expectation and concern.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday that voters in Tuesday's election sent the same message as when he was elected mayor in February: Chicagoans are demanding change.
Social worker James Cappleman will succeed 24-year veteran Ald. Helen Shiller to represent the Uptown neighborhood's 46th Ward in the City council.
In a close race to succeed the outgoing Ald. Vi Daley in the Lincoln Park neighborhood's 43rd Ward, Democratic ward committeeman Michele Smith appears to have emerged victorious.
