Rough Start For Illinois Delegation At GOP Convention
For Illinois GOP delegates, getting to the Republican National Convention in Tampa was a pain on Tuesday, but once inside, the delegation's chairman had a little fun.
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For Illinois GOP delegates, getting to the Republican National Convention in Tampa was a pain on Tuesday, but once inside, the delegation's chairman had a little fun.
Illinois has evolved into a "blue state," but there are still plenty of Republicans – and plenty of opinions on how to rebuild the party.
The Illinois House of Representatives has voted to expel state Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago).
Gov. Pat Quinn made a last-ditch push for state lawmakers in Springfield to pass pension reform, but the effort failed Friday.
CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports on the slim chances Illinois lawmakers will fix the state's pension mess in an election year.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel was touting more new high-tech jobs coming to Chicago, helping create what he calls a "high-tech hub."
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday brought his campaign to Elk Grove Village, where both the audience and the candidate waved their flags.
Google will move its Motorola cell phone unit from suburban Libertyville to Chicago's Merchandise Mart next summer.
As cities struggle to contain gang violence, which claims lives and holds communities hostage, federal government is sending in special agents to help -- but not to Chicago.
Dozens of local ministers have declared this upcoming weekend "Peace Weekend," and are asking people to work together to end street violence.
The earliest teachers could strike is Aug. 18 after a 30-day cooling off period. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Michael Pfleger says he intends to take an even more proactive approach to a battle he's waged for decades against street violence. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the city's ready for the heat wave, and is vowing now to repeat the mistakes of the past.
The solution to tackling Chicago's crime problem could make the strangest of bedfellows. Two weeks ago, Chicago Police and the anti-violence group CeaseFire were taking shots at one another, but on Tuesday they joined up as allies.
The state could be another $1 billion or so in the hole before the Illinois General Assembly does anything. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
The city's economy got another shot in the arm on Wednesday, when a Chicago-based consulting firm pledged a major expansion that will bring 400 to 600 jobs.
A memo has been sent out to thousands of employees of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, warning of two recent mob attacks on doctors – one near Prentice Women's Hospital, the other a few blocks north of the Northwestern hospital campus.
Gov. Pat Quinn and the state's four legislative leaders remained split on how to fix the state's severely underfunded public pension systems, though the governor did signal a shift in philosophy regarding teacher pensions.
The chances of making major reforms to the state's public pension systems appear to be dead in Springfield, at least for now.
Prospects for pension reform in Illinois improved measurably late Wednesday night, when House Speaker Mike Madigan dropped his proposal to make public schools and state universities pay retirement costs for their employees, rather than the state.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy has been getting high praise from city leaders, Chicago residents, and rank-and-file officers, for leading from the front lines during confrontations between police and protesters during the NATO summit.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is at the center of the NATO Summit, and he says it will strengthen Chicago's position as a world class city.
More than 2,000 reporters from around the world will be covering the NATO summit here. Chicago hopes they'll pass along the good word about the Windy City.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel insisted Wednesday that the upcoming NATO summit will not only be good for Chicago, but historic as well.
Despite people's fears about the potential for violence, and the three-day disruption of the NATO Summit, Mayor Rahm Emanuel continues to maintain that the decision to host the Summit was a good one.
