Rep. Quigley To Join Blackhawks At White House
When the Stanley Cup Champion Blackhawks visit the White House Friday, they will be joined by U.S. Rep. and hockey aficionado Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)
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When the Stanley Cup Champion Blackhawks visit the White House Friday, they will be joined by U.S. Rep. and hockey aficionado Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)
Ald. Willie Cochran (20th) is trying to show his support is rising as he faces a re-election challenge from a high-profile challenger.
Ald. Walter Burnett (27th) is stepping down as chairman of the City Council Black Caucus.
Chicago aldermen this week have put off a vote on a plan to redo the food vendors, shops and security checkpoints at the O'Hare International terminal.
Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation ending the death penalty in Illinois.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Tuesday that it's inappropriate for her predecessor, Todd Stroger, to seek unemployment benefits after losing his re-election bid last year.
A conservative watchdog group says there's a better way than Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed state budget.
The city of Chicago would pay $3 million to the family of a man shot by a Chicago cop eight years ago, under a settlement approved by the City Council Finance Committee on Friday.
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) says cutting pension benefits for current state employees is, in his words, "clearly unconstitutional."
Former Supt. Terry Hillard is back in charge at the Chicago Police Department nearly eight years after he left the post, as the departure of Supt. Jody Weis draws mixed feelings.
The Cook County Board has voted to repeal what remains of an infamous 2008 sales tax hike over the next two years.
When he is sworn in on May 16, Rahm Emanuel will become the first Jewish mayor in Chicago history. But Emanuel downplays the achievement.
The races for aldermanic seats may not be making big headlines, but they will likely be the factor that will keep the turnout higher Tuesday than it might otherwise be.
The contest may not have the same high profile as the mayoral race, but the rhetoric is heating up in the campaign for who will replace Chicago City Clerk Miguel Del Valle.
With Election Day less than a week away, three of the major mayoral candidates attacked front-runner Rahm Emanuel.
The city's Budget director is taking issue with an Inspector General's report accusing the Daley Administration of overstating how much it is saving through employees' unpaid furlough days.
Mayor Richard M. Daley seems unfazed by criticisms tossed his way by the people hoping to replace him.
Mayor Richard M. Daley said he's signed up with an agent to book speaking engagements after he leaves office in three months.
In what could be his last major news conference on the subject, Mayor Richard M. Daley made a strong push for passage of what he's long called "common sense" gun laws.
The Chicago Park District will be taking over control of the Taste of Chicago this summer and four other popular summer fests -- the Country Music Festival, the Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival, the Gospel Music Festival and Celtic Fest Chicago -- will be merged into the Taste.
Are Chicago's blue-light police cameras crime fighters, or invasions of privacy? The American Civil Liberties Union says the answer is the latter.
The City Council Finance Committee is recommending approval of a $1.55 million settlement for a 4-year-old boy who suffered brain damage from a falling parkway tree branch.
Local officials and civic groups are teaming up to help more families find and apply for college financial aid.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is in Chicago Friday, meeting with Illinois business leaders in hopes of luring them to his state.
Miguel Del Valle says the prison sentence given for former Chicago Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Al Sanchez brings to mind rival Rahm Emanuel's connections to Chicago's old patronage system.
