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State liquor panel skeptical of Rauner’s planned overhaul

June 16, 2018 at 10:18 a.m.

A plan to overhaul the Illinois Liquor Control Commission received a wary reception Wednesday from state liquor commissioners. Backed by Gov. Bruce Rauner, the proposal would decrease the state's role...

Raj Bhatnagar, owner of Qwik Convenience in Naperville, said the store has new software to help regulate liquor purchases.

Enforcement of underage drinking laws slows during Illinois budget standoff

June 16, 2018 at 10:47 a.m.

Bartenders and liquor store clerks around the state have a strong incentive to ask young-looking customers for ID: the risk that those patrons may not only be underage but also...

Gov. Bruce Rauner takes questions from the media during an appearance at Paulina Market in Chicago, Friday, Oct, 30, 2015.

Rauner’s proposed liquor commission changes could be win for distributors

June 16, 2018 at 11:23 a.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner is considering an overhaul of the state liquor commission that could boost state revenue but also would more closely align the agency's mission with the interests of...

Rauner to borrow from state agency to pay bills

May 15, 2019 at 3:06 p.m.

To help cover Illinois' unpaid bills in the midst of a budget stalemate, Gov. Bruce Rauner is turning to an obscure state agency usually occupied with arranging loans to farms,...

At the center of the debate was Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2014 plan that required city workers and laborers to increase their retirement contributions by 2.5 percent — to 11 percent — over five years.

Chicago still spending borrowed money on landscaping, lawsuits

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

While Mayor Rahm Emanuel has reduced Chicago's use of borrowed money to plug budget holes, records show he continues to rely heavily on the practice, devoting nearly half of the...

Roosevelt University's new president Ali Malekzadeh speaks during his welcome March 26, 2015. In a statement released Oct. 9, 2015, Malekzadeh called problems in the school's financial aid process "intolerable" and promised to address the issue.

Roosevelt University president apologizes for financial aid issues

August 19, 2019 at 12:15 a.m.

Diamond Hartwell enrolled at Roosevelt University in 2013 with high hopes for her academic future and for the financial aid that could make her education possible. But Hartwell ended up...

Roosevelt misses target on tuition revenue

June 16, 2018 at 2:21 p.m.

Three years ago Roosevelt University opened a striking South Loop tower full of classrooms, dormitories and offices. But the ambitious project was based on a 2009 prediction that soaring enrollment...

Roosevelt University's 32-story South Loop tower is the second-tallest academic building in the country.

Three years after building skyscraper, Roosevelt University plans cuts

June 14, 2024 at 6:49 p.m.

The view from some Roosevelt University dorm rooms reveals a vista more commonly associated with condominiums and corner offices. Students sleep, study and socialize in a 32-story South Loop tower,...

A United Airlines jet lands at the airport in Newark, N.J., on Sept. 9, 2015, a day after the airline abruptly replaced its CEO amid a federal investigation into whether the airline gave preferential treatment to a former chairman of the agency that operates the New York-area airports.

How a New Jersey bridge scandal led to downfall of a Chicago CEO

June 15, 2018 at 9:17 a.m.

It was billed as the scandal that would end New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's presidential ambitions. But as Christie's campaign sputters on in the wake of "Bridgegate," an offshoot of...

Though Mayor Rahm Emanuel is credited for reining in some of the excesses of his predecessor's administration, he has also waited until his second term to fully confront CPS' financial problems.

Illinois lawmakers gave Chicago’s mayor the freedom to ruin school finances

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Two decades ago, Chicago Public Schools was recovering from a budget meltdown so severe that banks had at one point refused to lend the district money. Schools had deteriorated badly,...

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