Laurie Cohen

Chicago officials used grossly inflated and sometimes double-counted repair estimates to justify a plan approved by the City Council last month to raze and rebuild Kennedy-King College just 27 years...

Five years before federal prosecutors secured indictments in Illinois' driver's license-selling scandal, aides to then-Secretary of State George Ryan had evidence that employees were selling licenses illegally in response to...

A month after Richard Daley became Chicago's mayor, Patricia Green launched a janitorial company called Windy City Maintenance even though she had no experience in the field. Windy City's stunning...

Gov. George Ryan's proposal to spend billions on an infrastructure package prompted cautious optimism from the construction industry Tuesday--and cheers from securities firms that will sell bonds to help pay...

Despite city records showing that he has a dozen outstanding parking tickets, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush said Wednesday that he only owes money for a single ticket and the others...

Road construction crews spent another day trying to salvage Chicago-area sections of crumbling interstates Tuesday, but transportation experts said relief from the maddening potholes may be several months down the...

The newly opened Cicero branch of the Las Fuentes Mexican restaurant chain was closed by town officials Wednesday, five days before a critic of Cicero President Betty Loren-Maltese was scheduled...

Federal investigators have expanded their use of subpoenas in the campaign-finance probe of Chicago City Treasurer Miriam Santos, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, it was learned Friday, as officials...

The Town of Cicero was slapped with a $9 million federal harassment lawsuit Monday by two former officials who also sued their own one-time lawyer, saying he sold them out...