Politicians routinely use strong language when they talk about the pension crisis. Are there any adjectives left to describe how bad this situation is that we aren’t already desensitized to? Any fear-inspiring idioms or cliches left out? That’s where you come in.
The current CTA Red Line renovation helps address some past racial disparities in city construction jobs. But groups are still on the lookout for front companies posing as minority contractors.
Gov. Pat Quinn and lawmakers are working on a new plan to solve the state's $97 billion pension crisis that involves forming a bipartisan committee and reconvening the Legislature again in July.
Should he zero in on Illinois' political corruption with the resolve of his predecessor, who sent two governors to prison? Or devote more resources to the violence that has claimed hundreds of lives?
Jurors convicted a former Chicago alderman on Monday of seeking to bribe what turned out to be a fictitious Los Angeles official — a verdict that's likely put the 59-year-old back behind bars for a second time after a high-profile stint in prison in the 1990s.
U.S. Representative Peter Roskam asked, with all the current fiscal problems, what would happen if we found out there were billions of dollars suddenly available? “Well the fact is, there is,” he said.
Bill Daley is attacking his Democratic rivals ahead of next year’s race for Illinois governor. His main beef with them: how they’ve handled proposed reforms to the state’s retirement systems.
