Clinton Set To Give Boost To Emanuel
Former President Bill Clinton is set to be in town Tuesday to give a high-profile boost to mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel.
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Former President Bill Clinton is set to be in town Tuesday to give a high-profile boost to mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson called attention to some schools that are not observing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day this morning, during annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition King Day holiday.
Candidates for Chicago mayor used the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast as a political platform, with less than five weeks to go before the election.
In about three months, deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich will again stand trial, and he says he has no plans to cut a deal.
Taxpayers could be left footing the bill in a costly legal battle involving a Chicago state representative.
An Illinois state representative says he had a gun pointed pulled on him on the city's Near Southwest Side.
Two Chicago Health Department managers have been fired and two others have been suspended without pay after the inspector general's office found they allegedly falsified time records.
A week after a shooting rampage in Arizona left six people dead and 13 wounded including Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, two prominent Illinois politicians were making a public show of solidarity.
When Rahm Emanuel and Gery Chico took a pass on a mayoral forum Saturday at a Chatham church, fellow candidates Carol Moseley Braun and Miguel del Valle took notice.
Illinois House Republicans want to change the Illinois Constitution to put an end to the General Assembly's lame duck sessions following an election.
A former Illinois state lawmaker was given an $86,000 state job after she voted in favor of a major income tax hike backed by Gov. Pat Quinn, but she and the governor's office say there's no connection.
The top four candidates for mayor of Chicago stepped things up a notch on Friday, sitting down face-to-face for the first time at a meeting with the Chicago Tribune editorial board.
Disraeli, noted English author and British Prime Minister, wrote: "With words we govern men." Due to the recent tragedy in Tucson, we as a nation have had to assess our political speak.
Mayoral candidate Gery Chico reportedly wants to get rid of the offices of the city clerk and the city treasurer, calling the posts a waste of taxpayer money.
Mayor Richard M. Daley has suggested the business tax hike approved by Gov. Pat Quinn could backfire.
