Inspector General Questions Savings From Furlough Days
The city's Budget director is taking issue with an Inspector General's report accusing the Daley Administration of overstating how much it is saving through employees' unpaid furlough days.
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The city's Budget director is taking issue with an Inspector General's report accusing the Daley Administration of overstating how much it is saving through employees' unpaid furlough days.
Mayor Richard M. Daley seems unfazed by criticisms tossed his way by the people hoping to replace him.
With an income tax hike already in effect, Gov. Pat Quinn has presented a budget plan that would not raise any new taxes or fees, but would still cut state aide to the poor, reduce a number of services and borrow billions of dollars to pay overdue bills.
Is it possible that the opinion polls for the race for mayor are wrong? That Rahm Emanuel isn't really the front runner, that he is not in first place in the polls? Then why does he need more help from the rich and famous people he knows?
With only a week until Election Day, we wanted to hear from the candidates for mayor in person. Miguel del Valle was the first candidate to enter the race and he was the first candidate to sit down with CBS 2.
Mayor Richard M. Daley said he's signed up with an agent to book speaking engagements after he leaves office in three months.
Excitement over Chicago elections next week has a number of suburban voters wondering when it's their turn to go to the polls. It won't be for a while for most suburbs.
Illinois Senate Republicans have vowed to block any plans to borrow money to pay the state's overdue bills.
Today's performers mean to do more than entertain. Sounds like they want to teach.
One week before Chicago's mayoral election, a new poll suggests there will be a clear and easy winner next Tuesday.
Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka says the state should not even think about bankruptcy.
Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown has been forced to hand out pink slips, as she seeks to meet demands to cut her office's budget.
Monday night marked the second-to-last debate between the four main candidates for Chicago Mayor, and the forum was relatively civil and at times jovial.
Some Illinois senior citizens will have to resume paying for public transportation after a break of more than two years.
In what could be his last major news conference on the subject, Mayor Richard M. Daley made a strong push for passage of what he's long called "common sense" gun laws.
