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The Chicago City Council approved protections for renters whose units have entered foreclosure.

Laws around tipped workers have suppressed wages, despite a growing restaurant industry.

Chicago drivers can now look forward to free Sunday parking - and longer meter hours - as part of a package of changes to the city’s hated parking meter privatization approved by the City Council.

Rust, population loss and billions of gallons of sewage overflows — Cincinnati’s South Fairmount neighborhood can now count at least one of these former challenges as an economic opportunity.

If the Chicago City Council approves the ordinance, Hilda Quilo and her family might avoid losing their home to foreclosure, like they did four years ago.

Gov. Pat Quinn took the unexpected step of endorsing, to some extent, the "ultimate solution" of basin separation during a conference of the Council of Great Lakes Governors last week. 

The General Assembly approved two measures that tweak the power structure behind the brewing industry.