Gay rights dilemma: To sue or not to sue?

Jun. 6, 2012
The moral debate over same-sex marriage in Illinois will likely intensify in the coming months. But there's already a parallel constitutional turf war over a question that has faced gay rights advocates, law professors and political scientists across the country for years.

CTU President Karen Lewis unpacks the strike authorization vote

Jun. 6, 2012
The Chicago Teachers Union holds a strike authorization vote Wednesday. If 75 percent of members vote yes, the union could potentially move forward with an actual strike later this year.

Baseball's First Round Draft huge for Chicago teams

Jun. 6, 2012
You really have to be either a sports enthusiast or a geek (or maybe both) to spend time at the Major League Baseball draft. That said, this year’s draft should draw interest from fans of both the Cubs and the White Sox.

32nd Ward’s Chris Zachary wants bike trail to connect the city

Jun. 6, 2012
“I live in Bucktown, neighborhood of Chicago, just outside the city,” Chris Zachary explains at the start of our interview.Hold up. Outside the city? Bucktown? What does that make Schaumburg? A foreign country?

FBI: Former Chicagoan on 10 Most Wanted

Jun. 5, 2012
A Chicago murder suspect is now on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

N Side Red Line could see major construction

Jun. 5, 2012
"I got news for people," Claypool said Tuesday on WBEZ's The Afternoon Shift. "The north Red Line has to be rebuilt as well. And we're not that many years away from that happening."

Teachers set to take strike vote

Jun. 5, 2012
Chicago Public School teachers will head to the polls to vote on whether or not they want to authorize a strike.The Wednesday vote won't mean that the city's 25,500 public school teachers will walk off the job, but union leaders say it will give them more leverage in the ongoing contract neg

Lawmakers cut funds for torture panel

Jun. 5, 2012
Police torture victims in Illinois prisons may be losing their last chance to have their cases reviewed as lawmakers look to cut funding for the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission.The Commission was established a couple years ago to look into cases where men said they were tortured by fo

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