Incinerators may get new life
Already reeling from a growing fiscal crisis, the state was dealt another blow Monday when a Cook County judge issued a ruling that could allow a money losing incinerator in...
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How he made it to the mansion
It's the day after the March primary and the sun is barely up. Democrat Rod Blagojevich said he'd only managed a catnap--40 minutes--the whole night long. Pumped? That barely described...
Rolando Cruz seeks pardon
Rolando Cruz, who spent seven years on Illinois' Death Row for the rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico, asked Gov. George Ryan on Wednesday for an executive pardon in...
Jim Ryan sues to halt clemency
Illinois Atty. Gen. Jim Ryan on Tuesday sued Gov. George Ryan and the state Prisoner Review Board to halt an unprecedented series of clemency hearings next month for 157 inmates...
Suspect charged in girl’s abduction
A 22-year-old Glendale Heights man has been charged in the Sunday abduction of an 8-year-old Wheaton girl he had befriended this summer and whom police found hours later cowering in...
U.S. wants Cicero funds back
The conviction of Betty Loren-Maltese and her co-defendants may well cost them their freedom, but the government isn't done trying to make them pay. Three days after the former town...
Airline woes buoy O’Hare foes
Suburban opponents of O'Hare International Airport expansion, seemingly once on the ropes in the battle against Chicago and the State of Illinois, were filled with new hope and energy Wednesday...
Pace routes’ fate topic of meetings
Two Pace bus routes that have experienced low ridership will be the topic of public hearings this week. A hearing will be held about canceling Route 829/830, which runs through...
IDOT picks final route for highway
Saying he was acting "to preserve a passageway for the future," Illinois Secretary of Transportation Kirk Brown announced Wednesday where the state would prefer to build a north-south highway to...
Forest plot stands in O’Hare’s way
Tossing up another potential roadblock to the expansion of O'Hare International Airport, the DuPage Forest Preserve Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to block the City of Chicago from acquiring district-owned parcels...