Biography: City Room

The latest Chicago-area unemployment numbers are high, but there may be reason for hope.

Posted on 11.20.2009

An Illinois law requiring doctors to tell parents when their daughters seek an abortion has been paused once again.

Posted on 11.19.2009

University of Illinois teaching assistants have been on strike for 48 hours - and they may've reached an agreement.

Posted on 11.17.2009

Federal officials are looking to a small town in western Illinois to potentially house some Guantanamo Bay detainees

Posted on 11.17.2009

Reports say the body of Michael Scott, the president of the Chicago Board of Education, was found in the Chicago River early this morning.

Posted on 11.16.2009

Students asked elected officials for ramped-up youth employment services at a Southside rally on Sunday.

Posted on 11.16.2009

Illinois residents between the ages of 25 and 49 are being hit especially hard by the H1N1 virus.

Posted on 11.16.2009

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is planning to poison more than five miles of a canal near Romeoville.

Posted on 11.13.2009

The Metra Board of Directors approves a budget for 2010, and some fares will be increasing.

Posted on 11.13.2009

CTA officials say they're asking the union for a favor. The union says no dice.

Posted on 11.13.2009

The Chicago-based American Medical Association says the policy encourages dishonesty by military medical professionals and patients.

Posted on 11.10.2009

Two have died and two more have fallen ill with Legionnaire's Disease at a retirement home in Vernon Hills

Posted on 11.10.2009

Three additional Chicago Public High Schools will have Arabic programs next year.

Posted on 11.9.2009

U.S. Illinois Rep. Danny Davis says he's focusing on re-election.

Posted on 11.9.2009

Coming up... local mosques say they have received hate emails after yesterday's shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas.

Posted on 11.6.2009