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City council members this week scratched their heads trying to come up with answers for residents who are losing alley pickup service and will have to start lugging the trash to the front curb next week.
It's been said "follow the money." Now, the state says it will make it easier for taxpayers to do that by posting online reports about how much government is taking in and spending.
Mayor Richard M. Daley is taking a closer look at 16 people who hope to fill three vacant slots in the City Council for the rest of the term.
Two Chicago Aldermen on Wednesday called for hearings into why the city has not been enforcing an environmental ordinance designed to limit the time buses and trucks sit idling.
Mayoral candidate James Meeks tried to reach out to gay and lesbian voters on Wednesday, exactly one week after voting against historic legislation to legalize civil unions for gay and lesbian couples.
Apparently John Lennon still serves as our muse though, today, we are reminded of his tragic loss thirty years ago.
Some Chicago aldermen are getting coal in their stockings today.
They are fences that send 7,000-volt jolts every 1.3 seconds. The Chicago City Council is looking at a plan that would let businesses install the non-lethal security devices.
Walter Jacobson says something sneaky is going on in Chicago's race for mayor. Here's his Perspective.
Mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday that he wants to boost teacher training in the city, but would not commit to sending his own kids to Chicago Public Schools.
It's a deal that would put a lot of money back in your paycheck But it's not a done deal yet. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports on how the tax cuts will affect you and your wallet.
A group of candidates -- three for Chicago mayor, one for clerk and one for alderman -- filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming the requirement of 12,500 petition signatures to get on the ballot is unconstitutional.
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich will be the keynote speaker at an event honoring President Ronald Reagan near Reagan's birthplace in Tampico, Ill.
The man who decided to run for mayor of Chicago after he refused to move out of Rahm Emanuel's house says he's dropping out of the race, but will remain in the house.
You had to know your GSL (Government as a Secondary Language) if you expected to understand the big budget news last week.
