CEOs Rank Illinois 48th In Nation For Business
A new survey of several hundred corporate chief executives finds they have a very low opinion of the business climate in Illinois.
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A new survey of several hundred corporate chief executives finds they have a very low opinion of the business climate in Illinois.
Guards at Menard prison downstate may have committed millions of dollars' worth of fraud stemming from workers' compensation payments, the state Department of Corrections has told lawmakers.
From now on, Cook County commissioners will have to buy liquor out of their own pockets and submit other expenses to the ethics board for reimbursement.
The saying, "what goes around comes around" might be applied to a Chicago-based hospital bill collection company that used high-pressure bill collection tactics.
The Illinois State Senate has passed unanimously, and sent to the state House of Representatives, a bill that would regulate "fracking," the process used to obtain access to deep natural gas reserves
Principals in the Chicago Public Schools are in line to get $130 million to help pay for next year's longer school days.
A paraplegic man claims two Chicago Police officers beat him and knocked him out of his wheelchair during a confrontation at a Loop doughnut shop.
The fire in the Black Tie Stable in unincorporated McHenry County that left 18 show horses dead has been ruled an accident.
Gov. Pat Quinn announced a pension plan Friday that he says will fix the state's overtaxed and underfunded public pension system.
The Chicago City Council is urging the city's largest employee pension fund to divest itself from companies that do business with Iran's energy sector.
An Illinois state panel appointed to find ways to cut Medicaid costs has taken one step forward and two steps back.
Local School Council elections begin Wednesday, and many schools are suffering from a lack of interested candidates.
The makers of Tylenol are facing a new lawsuit filed by an Illinois family on an old recall.
Another Groupon shareholder has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago-based daily deal Web site company.
Suburban school districts are pushing back hard against a 2005 state law that was meant to rein in Illinois' skyrocketing pension costs.
Two schools in Chicago will have new homes, thanks to a $251 million renovation and a little shuffling.
A public feud among Greektown organizers over allegations of missing money has sponsors backing off from the community's biggest event of the year.
Three Chicago hospitals and some aging movie theaters have topped the latest list of endangered historic buildings made by Preservation Chicago.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says she has a new way to battle high insurance premiums for county employees.
Gov. Pat Quinn and officials at the Illinois Toll Highway Authority have announced plans to install electric car charging stations across the system.
A former Tinley Park Police officer admitted to a Will County judge that he left the scene of a drunken driving accident nearly a year ago.
A renewed push is on to get retired Mayor Richard M. Daley to submit to a deposition about former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge.
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) is making good on his election night promise to push for the start of construction on a third Chicago area airport in Peotone.
Restaurateurs in the trendy Near West Side neighborhood that is home to Oprah Winfrey's Harpo studios say they are struggling.
Another push is underway to eliminate the frequently-abused legislative scholarships that state lawmakers are allowed to hand out to students in their districts.
