Kirk Wants Guarantee Of No Terrorists At Prison
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.
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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.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is voicing support for the actions being taken in Libya.
If Walter Jacobson were king, how would he handle the question of whether to go to war in Libya?
The City Council's Zoning Committee on Tuesday signed off on redevelopment of the old Lincoln Park Hospital that has won over the lame-duck alderman, but divided the community.
Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson hopes that when Gov. Pat Quinn picks someone new to replace the outgoing Illinois Department of Transportation secretary in the next couple of months, he will pick her.
Imprisoned former Gov. George Ryan was confident, combative and sometimes funny during a deposition in prison a year ago.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) says U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is needed in Chicago, rather than in Washington running the FBI.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) says the nation needs a permanent nuclear fuel waste storage system, but not near Lake Michigan, as is currently the case with the spent fuel pool in far north suburban Zion.
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) is raising concerns about the United States involvement in a bombing campaign in Libya.
Cook County is working with 13 local governments to help get tax delinquent properties back on the tax rolls.
An in-depth look at numbers from last month's mayoral election indicates Rahm Emanuel's victory was even more one-sided than it may have appeared.
A judge said Monday that he does not believe a motion by deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich to call off his retrial is serious, and so he declined to rule formally on it.
An Illinois state senator wants to make sure the attorney general doesn't argue cases where there's a conflict of interest, but he faces an uphill battle.
For the woman behind the repeal of capital punishment in Illinois, it was a big, historic effort – but not her first.
A report filed in Sangamon County court says the former mayor of Springfield, who committed suicide last year, wrote himself nearly $80,000 in checks from the estate of a dead cousin.
