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Between increasing violence, neglect and the obvious fall-out of the housing boom, Kenwood is becoming more and more troubled.

On Monday's Morning Shift, we talk with CeaseFire on the weekend violence in Chicago that left seven dead, immigration reform progress, ORD Camp, Daybook with Charlie Meyerson and Brokeback in studio performing live.

Standard & Poor's has lowered Illinois' credit rating due to concern over the state's failure to address its $96 billion pension fund deficit, becoming the second ratings agency to do so.

Used electronics are a boon for some Illinois businesses, including one company that irks some ink manufacturers by rehabbing their cartridges.

Robert Kagan of The Brookings Institution discusses altering perceptions of American decline on the world stage.

A northern Indiana factory that makes candy and licorice is planning a $10 million expansion company officials say will add 35 new jobs by 2015.

The new governor is only a week into the job, but he used the state of the state address to make case for tax cuts. The guns issue didn’t make the final speech.