Pension Reform May Make 2012 Ballot
A resolution that is supposed to save taxpayer money may be put into a constitutional amendment on the 2012 ballot, now that it has passed a committee in the Illinois House.
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A resolution that is supposed to save taxpayer money may be put into a constitutional amendment on the 2012 ballot, now that it has passed a committee in the Illinois House.
Illinois Democrats in Springfield are closing in on an income tax increase.
President Obama is back from his Hawaiian vacation, concerned about a Republican House and high unemployment. But Walter Jacobson says there's one thing the president is not at all concerned about. Here's his Perspective.
With seven weeks to go until the Feb. 22 election for mayor of Chicago, the campaign has moved from the end of the regular season and into the playoffs.
No matter which of the four top candidates running for mayor in Chicago is elected, it's all but certain the city will soon have a new police superintendent.
Democratic state lawmakers are moving closer to a possible vote on an income tax hike during the final days of the current legislative session.
Rahm Emanuel's work in the Clinton White House has prompted a $100 million plan he says would keep kids busy after school and help lower youth violence.
Smokers will see an increase in the price of their habit soon, if the Illinois Coalition against Tobacco gets its way.
Mayoral candidate Carol Moseley Braun released her tax returns for 2008 and 2009 Tuesday afternoon, a day after creating a small firestorm for refusing to do so because she didn't "want to."
A Cook County judge has ruled that Rahm Emanuel should stay on the mayoral ballot this February.
Four major candidates for mayor will appear on Jan. 27 for a major mayoral debate ahead of this year's election.
A Taxpayers' Bill of Rights could be added to the Illinois State Constitution.
Illinois lawmakers are expected to take up a major gambling expansion bill this week.
Another ruling is expected in a short time in the residency fight for mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel.
The state's teachers' unions are offering a counter-proposal for education reform, and this one demands more accountability from administrators and school boards.
