Smokers could pay through the nose
As a 62-cent federal tax hike on packs of cigarettes hits stores today, lawmakers in Springfield are considering an additional $1 tax over two years that would make Chicago among...
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Illinois income tax rate may rise by 50%
TRIBUNE UPDATE: Gov. Pat Quinn today acknowledged he plans to raise income taxes in the wake of a baiduhai story that he is considering a 50 percent increase on...
City’s Olympics bid team wants big state guarantee
Olympics supporters are asking for a much higher financial guarantee from the state -- $250 million -- to help Chicago win its bid for the 2016 Games. The request dwarfs...
Burris election off the table
The Republican push for a special election to replace Democratic Sen. Roland Burris was dealt a likely fatal blow Thursday by Senate Democrats, who turned thumbs down on the idea....
Lawmaker targets Ayers’ UIC job
A Republican in the Democratic-dominated Illinois Senate wants to fire university professor William Ayers, whose history as a 1960s radical became a national campaign issue because of his association with...
The defense doesn’t rest
SPRINGFIELD -- His career tattered but his dramatic flair intact, Gov. Rod Blagojevich reversed course Wednesday and accepted the Illinois Senate's challenge to explain in person why it shouldn't toss...
The defense doesn’t rest
SPRINGFIELD — His career tattered but his dramatic flair intact, Gov. Rod Blagojevich reversed course Wednesday and accepted the Illinois Senate's challenge to explain in person why it shouldn't toss...
Trial Day 2: Wiretaps
Gov. Rod Blagojevich's voice resonated through the Illinois Senate at his impeachment trial Tuesday in the first tantalizing airing of the undercover recordings that triggered his arrest on federal corruption...
FBI plays wiretaps of Rod Blagojevich at state Senate impeachment trial
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Rod Blagojevich's voice resonated through the Illinois Senate at his impeachment trial Tuesday in the first tantalizing airing of the undercover recordings that triggered his arrest on...