Daley quiet on son’s tie to deal
Mayor Richard Daley found himself in the same position Friday his father did decades earlier: facing questions about how his son's firm got city business. The mayor heads to Ft....
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Public defenders join budget-cuts lawsuit
The union that represents Cook County's assistant public defenders said Tuesday it plans to join in a unusual lawsuit that challenges budget cuts affecting their office. The cuts threaten the...
Drumrolls for day’s principals
For the pupils at Sir Miles Davis Academy, it was as if Vincent Wilburn Jr. stepped from the pages of musical history: He's the nephew of the legendary jazz trumpeter...
Illinois election filings set record for 1st day
Democratic presidential front-runners Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will vie for their home state Feb. 5 as each campaign filed Monday to get their names on the primary ballot....
Daley’s big tax bite
Mayor Richard Daley proposed a whopping $293 million increase in taxes, fees and fines Wednesday, including a 15 percent jump in Chicago's property-tax levy, among the biggest in the city's...
Squeezing a dime out of every bottle
Mayor Richard Daley reached for bottled water to slake his thirst for new tax revenue Wednesday, proposing a 10-cent tariff on every bottle sold in the city. That $1.25 water...
State tiff delays tax bills in Cook
Cook County property tax bills will be further delayed after Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday overhauled legislation designed to extend relief on rapidly increasing home values. The governor's action would...
Choice of judge draws fire
The Illinois Supreme Court has chosen an attorney to be a Cook County circuit judge even though he lacks jury trial experience and most local bar groups find him unqualified....
Dogs may soon be legal at city cafes
Pet pooches may -- finally and officially -- get a place at the table, or at least under it, at outdoor cafes in Chicago. Legislation signed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich...
City may quit fueling up with BP
Chicago city vehicles would no longer use BP-issued gas credit cards until the company backtracks on plans to dump more pollutants into Lake Michigan under an order drafted by Ald....