Christi Parsons

As soon as callers to talk radio shows had finished verbally scorching Gov. Jim Edgar for sparing Guinevere Garcia from execution, state lawmakers began responding in the way they know...

With fresh images of a wandering garbage barge and dire warnings of diminishing landfill space, Illinois officials promised developers of garbage incinerators a sweet deal if they would build here....

When Empire Carpet Co.'s catchy jingle in one of its ads suggested that you dial them at 588-2300, it always went without saying that the number was in Chicago's 312...

Only in the Illinois legislature can a "yes" vote mean "no" and a "no" vote mean "yes." Yet that is only one of the flaws in a new state law...

Once Principal Joan Thalmann heard that a convicted sex offender was living a few blocks from her grade school, she went straight to her office and wrote a warning letter...

Health professionals, in a furor over an Illinois law that protects doctors who participate in capital punishment from professional censure, are urging colleagues to reinforce their code of ethics. The...

Maintaining that the "cooperative spirit of school reform" has already made them less inclined to walk out during labor disputes, Chicago Teachers Union members sharply criticized on principle the new...

Cautiously basking in the prospect of receiving his longtime wish for more control over Chicago Public Schools, Mayor Richard Daley on Wednesday called a plan unveiled by Gov. Jim Edgar...

The mail arrived at the Michael Reese Thrift Shop one recent day just as chief volunteer Vi Himmel showed up for work. There were three bills. And tucked into an...

A former alderman charged with running an elaborate voting fraud scheme in last winter's Republican primary turned himself in to authorities Thursday. Prosecutors say Robert Evans Sr. got registered voters...