Street violence spurs shift in police strategy
Following the most violent January in more than a decade and the high-profile slaying of a 15-year-old high school band majorette, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his police chief moved closer...
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Pension-mess primer: How it got here, why it now has state’s attention and the tens of billions it will cost
To wrap your brain around Illinois' complicated, worst-in-the-nation public pension conundrum, it helps to consider the parable of the leaky roof. At first, it may cost a little to fix....
Chicago woman’s presidential ballot: Lincoln or Douglas?
When Brittney Edwards stepped into the voting booth at the Regents Park apartments on South Lake Shore Drive early Tuesday, little did she realize she was stepping into the electoral...
Chicago woman’s presidential ballot: Lincoln or Douglas?
When Brittney Edwards stepped into the voting booth at the Regents Park apartments on South Lake Shore Drive early Tuesday, little did she realize she was stepping into the electoral...
Bruised-purple Wisconsin takes political beating
FALL RIVER, Wis. — The thought of a second term for President Barack Obama makes Will Cekosh shudder. The 41-year-old fears his taxes will skyrocket and the insurance agency he...
Third-party candidates make their cases in Chicago debate
As debates go, it was hardly the Romney vs. Obama beat down in Boca Raton, Fla., or even the curious sleepwalk in Denver. But Chicago, where the modern presidential debate...
Politics reoriented in Wis. race
Speaking back-to-back at a recent convention here, U.S. Senate rivals Tammy Baldwin and Tommy Thompson sparred over taxes, spending, jobs, health care and the like -- everything but what marks...
Walsh backtracks slightly on abortion comments
Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh backtracked slightly on his controversial remarks about abortion, saying today that there are "very rare circumstances" in which a pregnant woman may need to undergo...
Walsh abortion comments ignite firestorm
The focus of a fierce suburban congressional battle turned from the economy to abortion literally overnight following Republican Rep. Joe Walsh's controversial declaration that there's no medical necessity to use...
Walsh abortion comments ignite firestorm
The focus of a fierce suburban congressional battle turned from the economy to abortion literally overnight following Republican Rep. Joe Walsh's controversial declaration that there's no medical necessity to use...