Immigrant Advocates Slam Federal Deportation Program
State lawmakers and advocates for immigrants' rights are condemning a federal program, which they say is targeting families and not the worst criminals for which it was designed.
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State lawmakers and advocates for immigrants' rights are condemning a federal program, which they say is targeting families and not the worst criminals for which it was designed.
In a nearly 30-minute speech at National Defense University Monday night, President Obama offered a step-by-step chronology and justification of the why the U.S. decided to intervene in Libya. "In such cases, we should not be afraid to act - but the burden of action should not be America's alone," he said.
It has been common knowledge for some time that President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign headquarters will be in Chicago, but a report Monday has now revealed a more specific location.
Recently-released tapes indicate that now-imprisoned former Gov. George didn't fully understand the pardon process.
Even as the governors of Wisconsin, Ohio and several other states go after employee unions, a new report says union membership among state employees is growing in Illinois.
Improving education in Illinois has to start well before kindergarten, according to what a state House committee is hearing.
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has asked Illinois State Police to look into the Chicago Police Department's handling of a homicide case involving a nephew of Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel says Chicago remains in a foreclosure crisis.
A lawsuit that led to the release of hundreds of e-mails to Wisconsin's Gov. Scott Walker has resulted in the resignation of a prosecutor in Indiana.
A state lawmaker from Rockford wants to accommodate overflow air traffic from O'Hare to an airport in his region, to try keeping money in Illinois.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel is denying a published report Friday that claims he wants to cut the size of the City Council in half.
Several Illinois Senate Republicans say they are ready to sit down and talk with Gov. Pat Quinn about the state budget, but not about more long-term borrowing.
Election officials in Chicago and the suburbs say they are seeing encouraging numbers in the people participating in early voting now underway.
While the McHenry County state's attorney has been acquitted of corruption charges, he still has another trial looming ahead of him.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) says he is not opposed to the sale of Thomson Prison to the federal government, but says there must be one provision.
