New Nature Preserve Overlooks Lake On North Shore
A nature preserve overlooking Lake Michigan opens Saturday, with some artwork already built in.
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A nature preserve overlooking Lake Michigan opens Saturday, with some artwork already built in.
Gov. Pat Quinn said Thursday that he is moving to lay off more than 1,900 state employees and close seven state facilities , blaming Illinois lawmakers for sending him a budget that had $2.2 billion less in revenue than he wanted.
The Cook County Board has approved a new way of hiring consultants and making purchases, which actually reduces some of the board's oversight.
The Cook County Board has voted to extend marijuana decriminalization into all areas of Cook County patrolled by Sheriff's police.
Two Illinois lawmakers are heading for Cuba, in an effort to ensure Illinois is first in line when trade resumes with the island nation, which has been under a trade embargo since 1962.
A Rush University team has found signs that symptoms of aging may not be due to the aging process itself, but to medical problems that might be prevented.
Underway now through Sunday is Chicago's Labor Day tradition of the Jazz Festival, which has been expanded this year beyond music to include spoken word performances.
A pair of Chicago aldermen are suggesting the past may provide a path to future employment, for millions of young men and women who still cannot find jobs.
The mayor of Kankakee is asking the City of Chicago and the Regional Transportation Authority to drop their lawsuits, which accuse her city and Channahon of allowing businesses to use their cities as havens to dodge Chicago sales taxes.
A coalition of black and Hispanic alderman urged Governor Pat Quinn on Wednesday to immediately sign legislation that would bring a casino to Chicago, but the governor made it clear he won't do that, repeating his concerns about protections against mob influence.
The waterfowl that have recently died en masse at the Park District's McKinley Park, and elsewhere in the Chicago area, were suffering from avian botulism.
A Fermilab physicist thinks he's solved a problem that costs airlines millions of dollars and costs travelers unlimited aggravation.
In one Evanston garage, a craftsman is turning felled urban trees into durable cutting boards, butcher blocks and countertops.
Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday personally presided over the sales party for the Nissan Leaf electric car, which is being demonstrated through the weekend in the Field Museum parking lot.
Gov. Pat Quinn says enough is enough with a program where politicians are allowed to provide full rides for favored students at Illinois schools.
Gov. Pat Quinn says the steep hike in tolls coming in January is necessary to maintain and expand the system.
The 5.9 magnitude earthquake that rattled the East Coast may have been felt here in Chicago.
A high-powered lady of a past generation gets her due with a park in her honor, which is set to be dedicated Tuesday afternoon on the city's Near West Side.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will hold an online town hall meeting on Tuesday evening to discuss county business and the coming budget.
The head of the Save Abandoned Babies Foundation is celebrating the first year in Illinois without a single baby being abandoned illegally.
A volunteer medical group has the equipment to make eyeglasses, but needs technicians for its care-for-all clinic underway now at Malcolm X College.
Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis is reacting to plans that would lengthen the school day for Chicago Public Schools, suggesting the extra time could actually hurt some students.
There's a new power player in town, but the Citizens Utility Board says you need to read the fine print.
A real estate research company says food stores have been expanding in Chicago's South and West sides, but not enough to change the name from food deserts.
Don't be surprised when you see Pace buses driving along the shoulder of the Stevenson Expressway this fall.
