Daley Slams Chico For Education Comments
Chicago mayoral candidate Gery Chico hit a nerve with this week with man he hopes to succeed.
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Chicago mayoral candidate Gery Chico hit a nerve with this week with man he hopes to succeed.
In the race for Chicago mayor, a pastor-turned-politician is trying to extend his reach from the South Side to citywide.
The Illinois Senate has approved legislation that would give the state's executive inspector general the power to investigate complaints of irregularities at Metra, Pace, the CTA and the RTA.
Mayoral candidate Gery Chico is talking about more Chicago cops and better public education. Those are just two pledges he is making. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
After more than two hours of debate, the Chicago City Council approved Mayor Daley's final City budget.
The power to pardon: Why did our founders include such a power in our constitution and most subsequent state constitutions?
Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) today demanded a "rigorous cost-benefit analysis" before signing on to the Cubs' plan to use 35 years' worth of amusement tax growth to finance a renovation of historic Wrigley Field.
Chicago City Clerk and mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle is blaming the city's Procurement Office for a debacle that led to the cancellation of the contract for city stickers.
Chicago taxicab riders would pay a $1-a-ride surcharge, but the $70 million raised from the fee would go to the city budget, under a surprise plan proposed Wednesday by a pair of influential aldermen.
After two weeks awaiting a final ballot count, U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean on Wednesday conceded the razor-thin race for her 8th Congressional District seat to Joe Walsh.
The top Illinois House Democrat laid favorable odds Tuesday that a push to give gay and lesbian couples the right to unite through civil unions would be approved by his legislative chamber.
The candidate for mayor says he'd supply laptops to high schoolers "immediately," and to the rest of the system's more than 400,000 students within four years.
With a top ally telling the incoming county board president to "shut up", Stroger tells commissioners he is working with his replacement, although maybe not as fast as her team would like.
Residency questions continue to plague high-profile mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel.
U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean has conceded to Republican challenger Joe Walsh in the tightly-fought race for her former 8th Illinois Congressional District seat.
