Christi Parsons

Amy Pfeiler has been the family chauffeur for a long time, driving her kids to everything from sports practices and voice lessons to after-school jobs. But with her youngest child...

On his first full day as Illinois' new governor, Rod Blagojevich dramatically displayed his reform agenda by firing dozens of his predecessor's allies and ordering a freeze on state hiring....

In a show of strength by gun-control advocates, the Illinois House on Thursday defeated a measure backed by the National Rifle Association that would have overruled tough local gun laws...

As Gov. Rod Blagojevich prepares to sell lawmakers on his ambitious plan to offer health insurance to all Illinois children, experts are unsure whether the sweeping expansion is financially sustainable...

One of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's first appointments to a state pension board was a developer whose companies had contributed $16,000 to the governor's campaign fund. Another appointee to the same...

Pleading guilty Thursday to attempted extortion, a prominent Democratic fundraiser said he was told that a "high-ranking Illinois public official" was behind a kickback scheme that steered state pension-fund investments...

When a rainstorm knocked out the power at the Illinois State Fair this week, the first concern was the butter cow. She's made of 600 pounds of butter, and she...

A controversy involving a top-ranking GOP official and the potential of a comeback by former Gov. Jim Edgar hovered like the heat over Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair...

As the state's teacher pension board voted in October 2002 to place $75 million with a Chicago investor, a politically connected firm suddenly materialized as the broker of the deal,...

Aiming to use peer pressure to encourage teenagers to wear seat belts, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has signed a law that requires teen drivers to make sure their friends are buckled...