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The Illinois House is considering an education bill with an unusual background.

More than two million people visit the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore each year, mostly during the summer months.

A sweeping school bill that reformers lauded as a landmark and that United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan described as a national model is hitting snags in the Illinois House.The measure, which the Illinois Senate passed unanimously last month, was the result of months of backdoor negotia

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana says the U.S.

Chicago aldermen have said goodbye to their longtime leader. Retiring Mayor Richard Daley Wednesday presided over his final city council meeting.Nearly all the aldermen gave speeches.

Wednesday's City Council meeting was also the last for 13 aldermen. Their replacements, along with the new mayor, will be sworn in on May 16. Meanwhile, as the new 50-member council gets underway, Eight Forty-Eight wondered, who will be watching what they're up to? And how do they do it?

On Thursday, President Barack Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero, to commemorate the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Less than a week after the death of Osama bin Laden, many consider this a moment of closure. We’ve heard from pundits, politicians and everyday citizens.