Ray Gibson

Here is a story from the olden days of Chicago politics, followed by some modern variants as recent as last week's federal indictment of U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski. The new...

There is some irony that getting jobs for people might be the Achilles' heel of a politician who can help create huge public employment programs, or by adapting tax policy...

When Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.) is in the mood, particularly when he has a receptive audience, he is one of Washington's most accomplished name-droppers and storytellers. Bill Clinton. Hillary Rodham...

Rep. Dan Rostenkowski has spent at least $358,000 in campaign funds to pay the legal bills for himself, his political committees and aides in the ongoing federal probe of the...

When state Rep. Larry Wennlund needed support to finance his re-election last year, one of the area's newest industries helped him. Wennlund, a Republican from New Lenox, spent $135,000 in...

The Internal Revenue Service is investigating Chicago area ticket brokers and how they obtained seats for some of Chicago's hottest sporting and theatrical events, according to attorneys familiar with the...

For the first time in a decade, it appears Illinois lawmakers will pass legislation aimed at reforming the way business is done in Springfield. Identical lobbying registration proposals, requiring more...

Sometimes, City Hall shows exactly what it thinks of the taxpayers. Not only are Chicago taxpayers paying admitted crook and City Clerk Walter Kozubowski's handsome $85,000 a year salary, but...

Does U.S. Atty. Jay Stephens, after more than a year of examining dozens of witnesses and hundreds of pages of records, have the evidence to indict Rep. Dan Rostenkowski? Stephens...

Four years ago, city building inspectors dragged the owners of the Paxton Hotel into Housing Court for code violations that included no fire alarm system. Last September, they dismissed the...