State Lawmaker Wants To Keep Blagojevich From Collecting Pension
On Dec. 10, deposed Gov. Blagojevich will turn 55, and that means he can start collecting his state pension.
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On Dec. 10, deposed Gov. Blagojevich will turn 55, and that means he can start collecting his state pension.
In at least part of the Chicago area, U.S. taxpayers are helping to foot the bill for the clean-up from last winter's near-record blizzard.
A new study conducted in Chicago and several other cities finds that gas pumps, mailboxes and escalator rails are among surfaces teeming with germs.
First Lady Michelle Obama was back home in Chicago on Tuesday, visiting an urban farm on the South Side and stopping at a remodeled Walgreens that now sells fresh fruit and vegetables.
New details were emerging Tuesday about a hazing incident at Prosser Career Academy that left a 14-year-old football player with bruises.
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Monday marks the start of a weeklong event, celebrating Chicago's growing fashion industry.
Former Mayor Richard M. Daley is responding angrily to allegations about his wife's favorite charitable project.
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The head of the Kane County Board is warning that the county has to wean itself from what she calls an unreliable source of revenue.
Another passenger was robbed of an iPhone on the 'L' Wednesday, but this time, passengers stepped in and caught the suspect.
A Will County company that specializes in environmental cleanup is accused of endangering its employees.
There is more evidence that the economy is contracting, with grim job numbers coming out.
A long-range forecast says a few months from now, we could be in for one of the snowiest winters in recent memory. And that prediction is for the year after the third heaviest blizzard in Chicago history.
Your chances of hitting a deer with your car in Illinois are much higher than your odds of being struck by lightning, but still, the deer hazard is far less severe in Illinois than in many states.
The "Occupy Chicago" protesters have been camped out in front of the Federal Reserve Bank at LaSalle and Quincy streets for 11 days.
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Chicago Transit Authority president Forrest Claypool says the agency is doing what it can to end the rampant employee absenteeism that can lead to long waits for passengers.
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An Illinois Senate committee holds hearings Monday on the high cost of wrongful convictions.
A Chicago-born and trained researcher is one of three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine.
After a tragic life, an Elgin man's children say they at least want their father to have the kind of funeral he wanted.
A Matteson couple is suing over the death of their 7-year-old son a year ago, alleging he died because of medical malpractice.
A charity that has been working for 25 years to beautify Chicago holds one of the city's biggest fundraisers this weekend.
It has been two and a half months since a hailstorm shattered the glass ceilings of the Garfield Park Conservatory, and caused $2 million in damage. Now, the conservatory has kicked off a fundraising campaign to pay for the rest.
