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Jesse Jackson Jr., background right, and his wife, Sandi, make their way past reporters and photojournalists after their sentencing hearing Aug. 14, 2013.

Jesse Jackson Jr.’s workers’ compensation benefits ‘troubling’: ethics expert

May 15, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s six-figure federal benefits package should be investigated by the U.S. Labor Department's inspector general, a government ethics expert said Friday. Craig Holman, of the...

How Jesse Jackson Jr. collects $138,400 a year from the federal government

May 22, 2019 at 11:07 p.m.

Records from former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s divorce case show how he has been able to collect hefty benefit checks from the federal government after serving time in prison...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bustos won’t run for Illinois governor in 2018

May 15, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos announced Monday she will not run for Illinois governor next year, leaving the Democratic field without a major Downstate candidate. The 55-year-old, three-term congresswoman from East...

Former U.s. House Minority Leader Bob Michel, R-Ill., is interviewed at his office in a Washington law firm in 1996. Michel spent 38 years in the U.S. House.

Robert Michel, Illinois Republican leader skilled at compromise, dies at 93

June 5, 2018 at 9:51 p.m.

Robert Michel, a congressman from Peoria who was Republican House minority leader for 14 years, was remembered Friday as a congenial lawmaker adept at crafting compromise during a bygone era...

Obama pops into Chicago for meeting on his library

May 22, 2019 at 11:05 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid a surprise visit to Chicago, meeting with several civic leaders to discuss his Presidential Center planned for Jackson Park, according to the Obama...

Durbin meets with Gorsuch, says he needs to hear more

May 15, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Sen. Dick Durbin said he was withholding judgment on Neil Gorsuch after meeting with the Supreme Court nominee Tuesday. "I'm anxious for a clear statement that he respects the judicial...

Rep. Roskam turns down League of Women Voters request for public forum

June 5, 2018 at 11:59 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam has turned down a third request by the League of Women Voters to appear at a public forum in his suburban district, saying Friday that "large...

Maj. Gen. Ronald F. Lewis, shown in his Pentagon office, was named chief of public affairs for the Army in June, 2015. Lewis grew up in Chicago and served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

General from Chicago demoted due to scandal

May 22, 2019 at 11:04 p.m.

A former three-star Army general from Chicago who used his government credit card to pay four-figure bar tabs at clubs in Rome and Seoul, South Korea, will retire as a...

Trump blames Chicago crime on gang members ‘not even legally in our country’

May 31, 2019 at 2:47 a.m.

President Donald Trump again highlighted violence in Chicago on Wednesday, asserting that many of the city's problems are caused by gang members — "many of whom are not even legally...

Jesse Jackson Jr. and wife Sandi Jackson arrive for their sentencing hearing Aug. 14, 2013, in Washington, D.C.

Jesse Jackson Jr. ordered to pay temporary child support

June 6, 2018 at 12:31 a.m.

Ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., a convicted felon who receives $138,400 a year in workers' compensation and Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, must pay temporary monthly child support of $1,529...

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