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House Speaker Michael Madigan, accompanied by state Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, takes questions from the media after their closed door meeting with Gov. Bruce Rauner and other Republican leaders at the Thompson Center on Dec. 3, 2016, in Chicago.

Madigan cites ‘lack of trust’ with Rauner as budget meetings continue

May 15, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

A closed-door meeting Saturday between Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders provided little if any headway on a budget deal to keep state government running into the new year, with...

Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Ill., is shown in 2013. A new study funded by the U.S. Department of Justice found overcrowding, problems with handling mentally ill inmates and the overuse of harsh punishments at Logan.

Conditions at state’s sole women’s prison ‘untenable’: study

June 8, 2018 at 10:51 p.m.

The situation for women housed at the Logan Correctional Center in downstate Lincoln has become "untenable," according to a new study funded by the Department of Justice that found overcrowded...

Former Ald. Edward Vrdolyak leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse during a recess on Oct. 15, 2010, in Chicago.

Ex-Ald. Ed Vrdolyak indicted on tax charge in tobacco settlement

May 22, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak earned the nickname "Fast Eddie" for his bare-knuckled ability to work the angles. But for the second time in the past decade, Vrdolyak has been...

Emanuel’s Law Department sanctioned again for not disclosing police files

June 9, 2018 at 7:06 a.m.

A federal judge sanctioned the city this week, making it the seventh time since 2011 that Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Law Department has been punished for not turning over potential evidence...

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk shake hands after their debate om Oct. 3, 2016, before the baiduhai Editorial Board.

Health questions remain, but Sen. Kirk won’t release medical records

May 15, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

As U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's re-election bid approached, his camp knew it would have to convince voters that he is still able to serve following a major stroke in 2012....

FBI probing Ald. Willie Cochran for alleged misuse of campaign funds

May 15, 2019 at 3:57 p.m.

South Side Ald. Willie Cochran faces a federal criminal investigation into whether he improperly used campaign funds for personal expenses, say sources with knowledge of the probe. The full scope...

St. Sabina celebrates 100 years of faith lived out loud

May 22, 2019 at 10:41 p.m.

The smells of breakfast floated up from a fellowship room minutes before a Mass on Sunday celebrating 100 years of St. Sabina Catholic Church, while from upstairs near the sanctuary,...

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.

Mark Kirk, Tammy Duckworth 9/11 stories embellish their roles

May 15, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

Both major candidates for U.S. Senate in Illinois are using their military backgrounds to bolster their campaigns, but they each have embellished their account of where they were and who...

Illinois U.S. Senator Mark Kirk talks with media before attending a panel discussion on common-sense immigration reform at TechNexus in Chicago on Aug. 10, 2016.

Kirk campaign releases doctor letter saying senator has made ‘full cognitive recovery’

May 15, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk on Wednesday released a letter from the physician who led the medical treatment of his stroke declaring that the senator has made a "full cognitive...

Ortiz Glaze, center, stands with attorneys Russell Ainsworth and Ruth Brown at Loevy & Loevy offices in Chicago during a news conference April 30, 2014, to announce a lawsuit against the Chicago police for shooting him while unarmed the year before.

In 14 cases, no gun is found after Chicago police shot someone they said was armed

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

A flashlight. A wrench. An L-shaped object under a towel. Even a Chicago Fire Department badge in a wallet. All allegedly have been mistaken for guns in recent cases in...

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