Ray Gibson

Mayor Willie Mae James Leake of dirt-poor Chester, Pa., first met the high-powered Wall Street bond executives at a swank Manhattan fundraiser for Carl Officer, the mayor of equally impoverished...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the nation`s governors can be forced by federal courts to honor extradition requests, a decision that could bring a Utah businessman to Cook...

Mayor Harold Washington lashed out at critics of Brenda Gaines, interim executive director of the Chicago Housing Authority, calling for those attacking her leadership of the agency to ''cease and...

Northern Illinois University illegally spent thousands of dollars in its $90,860 renovation of the college president`s home, and it improperly funneled $25,000 to a private foundation, according to a state...

Ignoring conventional political wisdom that says candidates predict victory and little else, Mayor Harold Washington called on his supporters Saturday to award him a landslide victory with 65 percent of...

The gangland-style slaying of a New York judge has left police looking for motives, including whether the killing could have been revenge for a case the judge handled or a...

Ald. Edward Vrdolyak (10th) Friday accused third-party mayoral candidate Thomas Hynes of attempting to curry his political favor in 1986 so a Chicago law firm that Hynes works for part-time...

A New York political committee for Mayor Harold Washington received a $25,000 contribution from a New York bond underwriting firm that does business with the city, according to financial disclosure...

The Chicago Board of Election Commissoners set a deadline of 5 p.m. Friday for candidates to withdraw from the city`s mayoral race and have their name removed from the ballot....

An official with Perry Drug Stores Inc. said Saturday that the firm`s Illinois pharmacies have stopped providing reduced-rate prescription service to people enrolled in Anchor Organization for Health Maintenance, saying...