Veteran Operatives Sign In With Moseley Braun
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun has recruited a pair of veteran political operatives with connections to Richard Daley to her bid to be Chicago's next mayor.
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Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun has recruited a pair of veteran political operatives with connections to Richard Daley to her bid to be Chicago's next mayor.
A judge on Friday granted a request to delay former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's retrial until April 20.
A Grammy Award-winning west side rapper wants to be on the city council.
Asking for political support happens all the time. Trying to buy it is something else. Some Chicago area ministers say that's what happened at a meeting earlier this week with independent gubernatorial candidate Scott Lee Cohen. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Ari Emanuel, the entertainment power broker who inspired the Jeremy Piven character Ari Gold on "Entourage," will host a fundraiser.
Most recently, Jason Plummer missed a debate Thursday at WMAQ-TV studios in Chicago.
Following the latest debate in the race for Illinois Governor, the head of a civic watchdog group says there wasn't much substance.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias is accusing Republican opponent Mark Kirk of "economic treason" as the two sides skirmish over a small fundraiser in the race for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.
Independent candidate for governor Scott Lee Cohen has missed a deadline set by Illinois' campaign laws.
Frustration over the way 911 emergency calls are handled.
The Chicago Defender newspaper has endorsed Pat Quinn for governor and Alexi Giannoulias for U.S. Senator, among several other Democratic candidates for the Nov. 2 election.
Federal investigators are looking at nearly four years of Cook County Commissioner William Beavers' expense records.
With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, the candidates and the campaigns are all kicking into high gear.
Educators and police chiefs in one west suburban school district are calling on legislators to preserve funding for all-day pre-school.
