Gary Washburn

Stung and embarrassed by allegations of corruption and mismanagement in the city's Hired Truck Program, Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday ordered an overhaul that will include ousting the companies that...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Monday that a new state commission will document the gap between the "haves and the have-nots" in Illinois "so we can measure what we need to...

For the second time in as many years, cable television provider RCN Corp. has failed to pay fees it owes to Chicago's local cable access network. RCN was to have...

Minimum-wage earners will begin seeing more money in their wallets, and senior citizens and the disabled can apply for a state discount card for prescription drugs, beginning Thursday. The directives...

Federal and local officials said Friday that they gleaned useful information from the simulated terrorist attacks on Chicago and Seattle this year, including the need to urgently fix communications flaws...

Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Housing Authority have joined with a host of universities, foundations and think tanks in an ambitious effort to overhaul 25 schools and transform a...

With the old Cook County Hospital apparently another step closer to demolition, Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday maintained a determined silence on the vintage building's fate. Even if the Cook...

The familiar brick wall behind Wrigley Field's home plate may have a facelift by April if the Cubs have their way. Team sources say the Cubs hope to add three...

New state ethics reforms banning lobbyists from serving on state boards and commissions could force a sweeping overhaul of the CTA board--including the dismissal of the panel's new chairman--at a...

The Chicago Teachers Union on Thursday rejected the school district's first proposal since contract mediation resumed last month, and its president said members are "not optimistic at all" that they...