Robert Davis

It`s unlikely that many people come home at night, flick a light switch and offer a ''thank you'' to Commonwealth Edison Co. Nor do most people recall, when they sit...

Even as a construction team provided hope that the flow of river water filling the city`s underground freight system could be sealed this weekend, Mayor Richard Daley delivered a message...

It wasn`t even 6 a.m. Monday, but Bill McGing, the overnight boiler room engineer at the Merchandise Mart, already knew that this was no ordinary start to another workweek. Water...

Matt Rodriguez`s first day as police superintendent was a baptism by water. Nine years and two tries after he first sought the job in 1983, Rodriguez was named police chief...

Gov. Jim Edgar`s proposed budget could blow an immediate $25.3 million hole into Mayor Richard Daley`s operating budget, forcing as many as 1,700 layoffs from the city workforce, the Chicago...

Apparently catching wind of a proposed $2 billion gambling complex for Chicago, ''numerous'' other U.S. cities have contacted a consortium of companies about getting their own casino, an executive of...

Mayor Richard Daley is going to give his special advisory committee just a month to evaluate the proposal of three gambling companies to build a massive $2 billion casino-entertainment complex...

Jay McMullen, 71, the flamboyant husband of former Chicago Mayor Jane M. Byrne, was equally controversial in his more than 23 years as a City Hall reporter for the Chicago...

Chicago has its fewest number of registered voters since women won the right to vote in 1920, but that does not necessarily mean that voter interest is at a record...

Ald. Bobby Rush (2nd), a Democratic congressional candidate in the new 1st District, said Monday he plans to support plans to construct a third airport in the Lake Calumet area...