CHICAGO – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan isn’t set to go on trial for racketeering and corruption charges until next summer, but his decades of power in Illinois…
SPRINGFIELD — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot laid out her budget plan Oct. 23, announcing the city “will need cooperation from Springfield” in order to fill an $838 million operating…
Not even the traffic lights went Ed Burke’s way Jan. 3. Less than an hour after being arraigned on an attempted extortion charge, the longtime Chicago alderman made a quick exit from…
Major changes are being proposed in how honorary street designations are doled in Chicago. Among the changes being considered are providing the honor only for deceased individuals,…
The city’s black aldermen say they are fed up with a lack of contracts and jobs at Chicago’s two airports going to blacks and city legal work continuing to go to predominantly white…
A unique Chicago city government policy called aldermanic prerogative is probably mysterious to most people, but its abuse could be responsible for many of the things that are wrong…
In the era of Donald Trump, the nation may be swinging to the right, but in local Cook County politics, some local campaigns are finding traction with a “progressive” agenda. In…
The city of Chicago’s workforce not reflecting the city’s population is coming under attack from aldermen. Angered by city departments’ slow movement in hiring more…
Chicago police plan DUI patrolsThe Chicago Police Department will be conducting DUI Saturation patrols this weekend ...
Zoning Committee votes against solar ...Second of three stories looking at a proposed solar farm in Winnebago ...
Mom of victim in fatal ...Traci Palucci is struggling to put all her feelings into a victim ...
Democratic leadership gets behind Williamson’s ...Republican Amy Grant, R-47th, was first elected to the state House in ...
