The Illinois House is gearing up to consider a key part of President Barack Obama's health care law, an expansion of Medicaid that would provide coverage to low-income adults who don't have children at home.
A suburban Chicago man who says he had a mountain of bills and was facing eviction is now a multi-millionaire thanks to a lottery ticket he bought months ago and only recently found in a cookie jar in his kitchen.
Some aldermen praise Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s hands-on approach to City Council wheeling and dealing. But can his unprecedented aldermanic support endure?
The Healthcare Council for the Illinois Chamber of Commerce is helping businesses sort out the details -- and taking on some surprising forms of advocacy.
A pair of lawsuits filed Wednesday challenge Chicago Public Schools plan to close 53 elementary schools, claiming the proposals disproportionately affect African American children and could irreparably harm students with special needs.
Inside the Cook County Jail law library, ten men were hunched over laptops playing online chess. A live video of their competitors, inmates in Russian prisons, was projected on the front wall.
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