Nancy Ryan

In an impressive show of political muscle, city treasurer Miriam Santos, the first Hispanic to hold citywide office, was the landslide winner Tuesday in the Democratic primary for treasurer, swamping...

City Treasurer Miriam Santos, the first Hispanic to hold citywide office, Tuesday emphatically won the Democratic primary for treasurer, swamping Hyde Park Ald. Lawrence Bloom (5th) by better than 2...

Earlier doubts about how serious cable TV host T. Ron Jasinski-Herbert is about running for city clerk were put to rest Monday after he unfurled a litany of accusations against...

CTA bus riders beginning Tuesday will have to pay an extra 25 cents during off-peak hours because of a nearly $20-million budget shortfall at the Chicago Transit Authority while Pace...

(This is one of seven stories and six tables, published Dec. 29 and 30, associated with the release of the 1993 Illinois State Police crime report.) The violent crime rate...

As the outcry against a new and deadly armor-piercing bullet mounted Tuesday, federal regulators said the bullet had not been tested or licensed yet and politicians vowed to create laws...

Two female teenagers were charged Thursday with beating and strangling an elderly South Side woman, while carrying out a plot to search her apartment for valuables they could use to...

A hastily arranged meeting between Gov. Jim Edgar and Arlington International Racecourse owner Richard Duchossois failed to produce a breakthrough Friday that would keep the track open, but intense negotiations...

It seemed more like a divided house than a United Center Monday night during the Bulls' first appearance at the team's long-awaited $175 million stadium. And that was just on...

As health-care legislation teeters precariously in Congress, a group of the nation's largest employers Tuesday unleashed a national ad campaign designed to alarm the nation's work force. Claims in the...