Robert Davis

Chicago Police Supt. Matt Rodriguez said Thursday that he is "ashamed" of instances of police brutality in the Police Department but denied there is any systematic problem. "We're ashamed of...

Walking swiftly into the Dirksen Federal Building in the glare of television cameras, Fred Roti had in recent weeks become the image of a wise guy in trouble after years...

Add Rosemont to the growing list of towns wanting casino gambling. The Illinois House Executive Committee on Wednesday amended Mayor Richard Daley`s bill to legalize Chicago casino gambling to include...

Ald. Patrick O`Connor (40th) probably wouldn`t agree, but for the most part Tuesday`s election was kind to Chicago aldermen seeking to move on to higher office. Although O`Connor got creamed...

Columbus Day in Chicago has been about Christopher Columbus the same way that St. Patrick`s Day is about a saint. The parade is an occasion of ethnic pride: a time...

The walls of the City Council chambers in Chicago`s City Hall hear a lot of words in the course of a year-words of anger, controversy, woe and despair. But only...

The guessing game has begun for the Chicago Public Schools system. When the Board of Education announced Thursday that the 1992-93 budget for extracurricular activities had been slashed by a...

The Chicago City Council Wednesday unanimously passed laws designed to make Chicago streets safe from prostitution and dangerous bicycle messengers and then adjourned for the summer, promising not to return...

In a vote that thrilled school reformers even as it rattled the Daley administration, the Chicago Board of Education ousted Clinton Bristow as its president a week after Mayor Richard...

A Loop demonstration against the Rodney King verdict disrupted traffic Friday afternoon and briefly threatened to erupt into a confrontation with police. But for the most part, the city remained...