David Kidwell

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's nonprofit inaugural committee collected $1.1 million in private donations, most of which came from heavyweight money managers and lawyers who already had contributed big money to his...

While Rahm Emanuel campaigned on reforming the way Chicago is governed, millions of dollars were pouring into his campaign fund from businesses and firms who have long been accustomed to...

Rahm Emanuel told an audience Wednesday he wants to restore Chicago's community policing to its roots and quickly push through changes to help the city's public school students get a...

A little more than a year after Illinois lawmakers rewrote open records laws promising a new era of transparency and accountability, frustrated mayors, school superintendents and police chiefs are back...