Emanuel Encourages Students At Charter School
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel on Friday kept a campaign promise to teach kids about public service at a South Side charter school.
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Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel on Friday kept a campaign promise to teach kids about public service at a South Side charter school.
Illinois State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) says the state's largest public employee union should not be receiving raises while Gov. Pat Quinn proposes to cut $100 million from human services.
The Cook County Board has voted to repeal what remains of an infamous 2008 sales tax hike over the next two years.
A Southwest Side man is scheduled for a bond hearing today, on charges that he threatened to kill Chicago Ald. Edward Burke (14th.)
Republicans in the Wisconsin State Assembly moved swiftly and passed a bill by Gov. Scott Walker, which would strip collective bargaining rights for most state employees.
Chicago's next mayor offers his hand to frontline rescue workers and has coffee with them, with the sensitive issue of public pensions looming.
A Chicago human services agency warns that people who need help will be harmed by budget cuts Gov. Pat Quinn plans to impose.
The federal judge presiding over the corruption case against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has criticized the media for what he called "harassment" of jurors after Blagojevich's first trial.
Illinois State Sen. Rickey Hendon (D-Chicago) has resigned from his seat.
A federal judge dropped two racketeering charges and a wire fraud count against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday, a day after prosecutors sought to have the charges dropped.
Two days after winning the race for Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel on Thursday announced his transition team.
Just one day after claiming a decisive victory in Chicago's race for mayor, Mayor Emanuel has left us.
Gov. Pat Quinn is nearing a decision on the controversial bill that would abolish the death penalty in Illinois.
The last word has not been heard about Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel's residency issue.
A bipartisan team is asking Gov. Pat Quinn to rethink radical cuts in funding for Illinois drug treatment programs.
