City Contractor Sentenced To Probation For Fraud
A major contractor for the city of Chicago was sentenced to two years probation Tuesday after he admitted he failed to give minority subcontractors their share of business on two projects.
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A major contractor for the city of Chicago was sentenced to two years probation Tuesday after he admitted he failed to give minority subcontractors their share of business on two projects.
A conservative watchdog group says there's a better way than Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed state budget.
Freshman U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-Rock Island) is just back from a tour of Afghanistan.
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has dropped his request to travel to England for a speaking engagement before his retrial next month.
People might think their retirement benefits are safe from taxes, but that may not be the case for long.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is rejecting an offer by Democratic state senators to meet him at the Illinois-Wisconsin state line for a discussion ending the budget standoff.
The concept of a border summit might suggest an international relations discussion, or a meeting about the immigration debate.
Gov. Pat Quinn is set to sign legislation Monday to protect minority communities come election time.
While Congress has averted a government shutdown for now, Illinois' highest ranking Democrat is going into budget talks with serious objections to proposed cuts.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be in Chicago today to spend the day talking with students and professors at Northwestern University School of Law.
The road signs that tout local achievements as you drive into town would have to be privately funded, under a proposal that has passed the Illinois House.
The political standoff in Wisconsin didn't appear any closer to ending on Saturday.
Former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has applied for unemployment benefits, but new Board President Toni Preckwinkle's administration has protested the claim.
A war of words between Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has heated up, as Christie called Quinn "a disaster" and Quinn's office criticized New Jersey's dismal record of creating jobs.
Mayor-elect and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel was back in Washington today, to pay his first visit to President Barack Obama since the mayoral election.
