Romney, Santorum Court Votes Across Illinois
Mitt Romney will return to Chicago from Springfield Monday morning, to speak at the university where President Barack Obama used to teach.
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Mitt Romney will return to Chicago from Springfield Monday morning, to speak at the university where President Barack Obama used to teach.
A woman challenging Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) for his Southwest Side legislative seat says she's not discouraged.
The Democrats vying to face off against U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) are airing their differences ahead of Tuesday's Primary, even as they agree on many issues.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel drastically scaled back his plan for installing speed cameras on Chicago streets as he presented it to the City Council Wednesday.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants the city to hire an Oregon-based company to run the city's first large-scale bike sharing program, which proposed at the City Council meeting Wednesday.
The state of Illinois and the City Colleges of Chicago are investing more than $42 million to build a center to train students for jobs in transportation logistics.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel insisted Tuesday that one of his big supporters is not a shoo-in to make money from the speed camera enforcement program he's planning, and will have to bid for the contract like any other company that wants it.
As former Gov. Rod Blagojevich prepares to head to prison in three days to begin his 14-year sentence on corruption charges, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said his thoughts are with the Blagojevich family.
The City Council Finance Committee has given preliminary approval to $3.6 million settlement, in a case which put a man behind bars for nearly a decade for an attack he didn't commit.
A new study shows how far and how fast taxes have been going up in various municipalities in Cook County.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expressing disappointment, but not dismay, at word that Rosie O'Donnell's television show may leave town.
With the NATO summit still slated for Chicago this May, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is publicly shrugging off the White House decision to relocate the G8 summit of world leaders to Camp David in Maryland.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is asking a high-powered panel to help her government become more energy efficient.
Political experts differ a bit on whether Illinois' Republican Primary is gaining in importance in the party's struggle to find a Presidential nominee.
Questions still buzz around President Barack Obama's surprise decision Monday to move the G8 summit from Chicago to Camp David.
In a surprise move, the White House has announced the upcoming G8 summit will be moved from Chicago to Camp David. The NATO summit scheduled for the same weekend will stay in Chicago.
With voter registrations still on the low side, local elections officials are debating whether it should be easier for people to register.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard are in Washington, D.C., Friday to participate in a forum on education reform.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is joining former President Bill Clinton Thursday afternoon in announcing a new program to spur private financing for new and retrofitted government buildings, and other public projects.
The City of Chicago has unveiled its first formal blueprint for growing the local economy and the jobs, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel says it could help the City ride out even rough economic times.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is denying an accusation from the head of the teachers union that he ever made comments suggesting he has given up on some Chicago Public schoolchildren.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says state education officials are proving his point about "turning around" some poorly performing Chicago Public schools.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is joining Chicago Public Schools officials, the City Colleges of Chicago, and corporate leaders in unveiling beefed up plans for five new high schools that could also offer their students community college degrees.
The city's restaurant community is gearing up for the NATO and G8 summits planned for Chicago in May, and officials insisted Monday they are not worried about security measures restricting access to their businesses.
The Chicago Police Department is getting a fleet of fresh transportation vehicles, and they will all be made at the Ford motor plant on the city's Far Southeast Side.
