With bill passage, Illinois on a fast track to fracking

Jun. 3, 2013
Illinois came a giant step closer to approving the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling as lawmakers approved a measure they hoped would create thousands of jobs in economically depressed areas of southern Illinois. 

'500-pound elephant' left in Springfield

Jun. 3, 2013
After all the big talk, rare legislative proceedings and countless vows, Illinois lawmakers left Springfield having failed to deliver on a fix to the state's nearly $100 billion pension debacle, setting up an even more difficult road ahead.

Chicago's unwritten rules

Jun. 3, 2013
What are the implicit "rules" of Chicago city life that everyone should know how to follow?

South Asians in IL face economic barriers

Jun. 3, 2013
Even though Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans in Illinois have higher education levels than the overall population, their incomes lag.

What it took to rehab the Viceroy

May. 31, 2013
An historic West Side hotel with a squalid past is transformed into a model of green, affordable housing.

Final days of The Plaza, Evergreen Park, IL: Photo of the Day - May 31, 2013

May. 31, 2013

Chicago grad students aid struggling steel town

May. 31, 2013
University of Chicago graduate students try to help turn around a troubled neighborhood in Gary, Indiana. 

Indiana pipeline a 'mixed bag' for environment

May. 30, 2013
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management said a new pipeline that would ferry tar sands oil across Northwest Indiana poses no significant risk to water quality in the region. But local environmental groups see cause for concern in lax state and federal regulations, wary of energy company Enbridge’s checkered past.

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