Chico Blasts 'Rahm Tax'
Is Rahm Emanuel proposing a sales-tax cut or an increase? It's a little bit of both, CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
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Is Rahm Emanuel proposing a sales-tax cut or an increase? It's a little bit of both, CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
The office of Gov. Pat Quinn has filed a motion to block a ruling by the Illinois Appellate Court that would undo the state's $31 billion capital construction program.
A federal judge set a new sentencing date in October for convicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a former fundraiser for ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Activists continue to fight against plans for more Wal-Mart stores in the city of Chicago.
The back-and-forth over Emanuel residency has achieved an unexpected result.
Mayor Richard M. Daley has said admission to the Taste of Chicago will remain free, but new information shows that may not necessarily end up being the case.
The four leading mayoral candidates focused on the city's financial crisis and other pressing issues, rather than Rahm Emanuel's residency controversy, in a mayoral debate Thursday evening.
The State of Wisconsin is again being held up as an example, this time in the field of litigation fairness.
The holiday for the Illinois sales tax during back-to-school time in the late summer would be an annual event, under a bill that has been introduced in the state House.
Rahm Emanuel's residency issue has been decided once and for all, and Chicagoans are sounding off on the issue.
A blue-ribbon panel hopes to put together three top choices for CPS chief by the time the new mayor takes office in May.
New Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle criticized Sheriff Tom Dart today, suggesting his payroll is bloated.
Earlier this month the General Assembly voted to abolish the death penalty. But Gov. Quinn has yet to sign the legislation.
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that Rahm Emanuel remain on the mayoral ballot.
A former Republican Illinois governor and two former attorneys general are weighing in on the Rahm Emanuel residency case.
