A plan to divide Chicago into 50 school districts, based on existing ward lines, will be introduced next month in the Illinois General Assembly, according to U.S. Rep. William Lipinski...
It was cold in Chicago Friday. And it`s going to be just as cold Saturday. And Sunday`s not going to be a picnic either. So what do groundhogs know, anyway?...
Be they suburban commuters or White Sox rooters, going Greyhound or Chinatown-bound, anyone traveling to or through Chicago after March 1 is going to be affected by the two-year, $210...
Thirty aldermen have signed commitments calling for the election of Ald. Eugene Sawyer (6th) as acting mayor, four more than he would need to be selected when the Chicago City...
Thirty-one Chicago aldermen have signed commitments calling for the election of Ald. Eugene Sawyer (6th) as acting mayor, five more than he would need to be selected when the City...
The scene was one that Harold Washington would have loved: a city united- black, white, Hispanic-paying its last respects to the mayor. At the Daley Center Plaza Friday afternoon, people...
A coalition of parent and community groups vowed Monday to oppose any increase in state aid to Chicago public schools until the Chicago Board of Education takes immediate steps to...
There was the time back in 1981 when he popped up near the end of a routine Chicago City Council meeting, asked for permission to pass an emergency ordinance and,...
Nancy Clay, a 31-year-old production manager, died last month in a fire of undetermined origin while working overnight on a project for her firm on the 20th floor of One...
The chairman of the Chicago City Council Police and Fire Committee said Wednesday that civilian fire department employees assigned as 911 emergency dispatchers should be replaced by trained firefighters. Ald....