Blizzard Fails To Slow Early Voting In Chicago
Despite Chicago's third worst-ever blizzard that dropped 20-plus inches of snow, the city still is doing better in early voting this year than the previous mayoral election four years ago.
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Despite Chicago's third worst-ever blizzard that dropped 20-plus inches of snow, the city still is doing better in early voting this year than the previous mayoral election four years ago.
Sparks wre flying Tuesday afternoon at the Cook County Board, over the size of budget cuts in the Cook County State's Attorneys' office.
A common complaint at the state Capitol is that a bill is trapped in the House Rules Committee. A new rule would keep that from happening so easily.
A South Side sanitation boss is in trouble for failing to deliver snow removal to residents of his ward.
Former U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood, who now serves as President Barack Obama's transportation secretary, is stepping in to mediate the ongoing feud between Mayor Richard M. Daley and two major airlines.
Attorneys for deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed a motion early Tuesday morning, demanding the release of a recorded phone conversation when then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
Some Chicago union bosses say Rahm Emanuel was picking on their members as public employees were fighting valiantly against the blizzard.
The Cook County Assessor's office is mailing out notices to over 300,000 elderly homeowners.
We Americans love anything that is super. We love to use the prefix "super." It might be a collective fixation.
The Illinois Republican Party is planning a statewide straw poll before the 2012 presidential primary election.
The two U.S. Senators from Illinois are pressing for federal assistance, in making improvements to Lake Shore Drive following last week's blizzard.
Job creation and retention efforts are near the top of the priority list for Chicago's mayoral candidates, according to a Chicago Tribune questionnaire sent them on major campaign issues.
Local Democrats have tapped Bridgeview Mayor Steve Landek to replace retiring state Sen. Lou Viverito, who just voted for a controversial state income tax hike.
A doctor who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2009 to replace Rahm Emanuel when he left for the White House was arrested early Sunday after allegedly shoving a man at Trump International Hotel & Tower, police said.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's administration is calling thousands of vendors to seek support for the state borrowing billions of dollars to pay overdue bills.
