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Illinois electric regulator reaches settlement with company accused of misleading customers

August 18, 2019 at 7:27 p.m.

The agency that oversees electric suppliers in Illinois has reached a settlement with a New York company accused of lying to customers about potential electricity savings and taking advantage of...

College of DuPage President Robert Breuder attends a special meeting of the college's board of trustees Jan. 28, 2015.

baiduhai sues College of DuPage and foundation for records

May 22, 2019 at 12:37 a.m.

The baiduhai sued the College of DuPage and its fundraising foundation Wednesday to obtain records of certain payments made for school leaders as well as state and federal grand...

Chicago to return residents to ComEd

May 22, 2019 at 7:50 p.m.

Little more than two years ago, Chicago became the largest city to ditch its traditional electricity supplier, Commonwealth Edison, and venture into the marketplace in search of better deals for...

Orangelo Payne, shown at his family's shoe shine shop, was held for 16 months after an illegal search of his home by an FBI agent and probation officers turned up an antique shotgun, Payne's lawsuit alleges.

Probation officers conspired with FBI, cops for illegal searches, suit claims

August 18, 2019 at 7:15 p.m.

Cook County probation officers conspired with the FBI and Chicago police to conduct illegal and warrantless searches in an unchecked hunt for drugs and guns, according to accusations in a...

Inmates at the Cook County Jail board a bus for transportation to Stateville Correctional Center.

Sentenced to prison and sent home the same day

August 18, 2019 at 7:12 p.m.

By the time Pedro Arenas pleaded guilty to a gun charge, he had already served his sentence. Still, Arenas was herded onto a heavily guarded Cook County sheriff's bus and...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel bids farewell to Emmanuel Delgado, 4, after reading to him and his prekindergarten classmates during a visit to the Carole Robertson Center for Learning on the West Side on April 8, 2015.

Exhausted Emanuel soaks in victory, asks for some slack

May 25, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

An exhausted but upbeat Mayor Rahm Emanuel soaked in his re-election victory Wednesday, thanking voters, reflecting on campaign strategy and asking reporters to cut him some slack. After greeting morning...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel stops to chat with some women in a car as he leaves Manny's Coffee Shop & Deli in Chicago on April 7, 2015.

Emanuel: Election challenge will make me ‘a better mayor’

May 15, 2019 at 2:39 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel marked the morning after the election the same way he usually does: greeting voters at the 95th Street CTA Red Line station to accept a wave of...

Daisy Barraza takes a selfie with mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia outside the John Hay Community Academy in Chicago on March 27, 2015, after he received the endorsement of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association.

Emanuel, Garcia campaign throughout Chicago on Easter weekend

May 15, 2019 at 2:38 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia marked a frenetic final weekend of campaigning by making their cases to voters everywhere from Sunday church services and Easter egg hunts...

Emanuel, Garcia campaign across Chicago in final weekend before election

May 15, 2019 at 2:38 p.m.

During the final weekend of campaigning, Mayor Rahm Emanuel went on the attack Saturday against Jesus "Chuy" Garcia for comments the challenger has made about waiting until after the election...

Emanuel’s campaign strategy a political three-step

May 15, 2019 at 2:37 p.m.

On a recent Saturday morning, Mayor Rahm Emanuel took to the sidewalks in Galewood to knock on the doors of three homes his campaign staff had selected for a visit...

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