Lake County Offers Mental Health 'First Aid' Workshops
The target audience is professionals who work with young people. WBBM's Craig Dellimore reports.
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The target audience is professionals who work with young people. WBBM's Craig Dellimore reports.
"We're not going to be able to raise revenue, we're going to have to cut," Commissioner Jeff Tobolski (D-McCook) said.
The universities have teamed up to create what they hope will become the next big think tank in Chicago.
The mayor has been dropping hints about his 2018 budget proposal for weeks.
Illinois Congressman Danny Davis says Tom Marino's withdrawal shows the administration has problems checking the backgrounds on its choices.
The university has received a $5.5 million federal grant to combat storm water, according to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
Bigger phone bills and more expensive theater tickets are both part of Emanuel's new plan to pay for his 2018 budget.
Sen. Durbin said President Trump and congressional Republicans' tax plan would eliminate the federal deduction for state and local taxes.
There are hopes of redeveloping the old Michael Reese Hospital and the U.S. Steel South Works sites, as well.
Senator Tammy Duckworth says President Trump's order ending the subsidies for health insurance marketplaces is going to push many people out of being able to afford the healthcare that they need.
Kennedy says the state must be tough on railroad companies that fail to protect shipments of guns that make their way through Illinois.
A coalition of community, education and labor leaders protested at City Hall Thursday for higher funding for Chicago's Public Schools.
"We simply don't have the money to meaningfully scale this campaign statewide," Pawar said in a letter to supporters.
Mayor Emanuel has donated more than $10,000 in campaign contributions he received from disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to charity.
The administration plans to refinance about $2.5 billion in city-issues bonds, paying them off out of the city's share of state sales taxes.
While he is expressing reluctance about the tax hike, the mayor also defends the move.
Aldermen unanimously approved a resolution urging President Trump and Governor Rauner to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency
A report by UIC showed the Latino population is growing substantially and spreading widely through the city's neighborhoods.
The Cook County Finance Committee has voted 15-1 to approve a plan to repeal the controversial sweetened beverage tax, effective Dec. 1.
Mayor Emanuel said President Trump's newly adopted hard line on protecting so-called "Dreamers" is not changing his position on Immigration Reforms.
Illinois Public Health Institute Elissa Bassler proposed the county should exempt diet drinks from the soda tax, rather than repealing it.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says there's more work to do because many minorities stay behind bars while waiting on their cases.
The head of a government watchdog group said there seems to be an imbalance built into the new tax credit for private and religious school students that is part of the new school funding formula.
Preckwinkle would not say if she has prepared two budget proposals – one including the soda tax, and one without it.
In light of the Las Vegas massacre, authorities in Chicago have been focusing on security for Sunday's marathon.
