Duckworth faces showdown with Kirk for U.S. Senate seat
U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Mark Kirk will face off in race for Senate seat in November. Tammy Duckworth handily defeated two rivals in the Senate Democratic primary Tuesday and...
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Metro Chicago counties to forge regional push for foreign investment
Metro Chicago's seven counties, an intensely competitive bunch, will agree Friday to lower their sharp elbows and collaborate on trying to pump up lackluster levels of foreign investment in the...
Fleeing Syrian war, student violinist finds haven in Illinois
The two missiles hit, seconds apart, at the University of Aleppo, where recent graduate Mariela Shaker had stopped by to pick up her business school transcripts. Emergency vehicle sirens screamed...
Illinois air travelers win reprieve for use of driver’s licenses at airports
Illinois air travelers won a nearly two-year reprieve to use their driver's licenses and identification cards to get through airport security and onto a plane, despite the state's continuing failure...
Chicago’s future hinges on retooling schools for digital age
Mario Arzate embodies the type of workforce transformation needed in Chicago and other American cities. Less than a year ago, the 19-year-old son of Mexican immigrants was wiping counters, frying...
Career-oriented educational programs sprout in Chicago area but scale small
When education expert Timothy Knowles moved to Chicago about 12 years ago, he wondered why the city's public school system let about half of its students drop out. "I think...
Chicago developing foreign affairs chops
Think Chicago, and what comes to mind? The Daley dynasty. The Blues Brothers. The Friendly Confines. Foreign affairs analysis? Not really. Though home to two of the nation's top universities,...
Clarion call for regional economic push is largely unheeded
While welcoming Great Lakes leaders to a forum on how to work together for regional prosperity, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel peppered his otherwise cordial welcome speech with a few jabs....
Illinois’ own Havana dreams of linking arms with tropical counterpart
Once the rural playground for Chicago's captains of commerce and Al Capone's gangland lieutenants, the Illinois River town of Havana is dreaming big once again. Mayor Brenda Stadsholt, a former...
Illinois firms race to establish foothold in Cuba
When Cuba's foreign minister raised his nation's single-star flag outside its newly opened embassy in Washington last month, construction equipment giant Caterpillar did the same outside its Peoria headquarters. Caterpillar...