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Mayor Rahm Emanuel's so-called "infrastructure trust" passed 41 to seven after more than two hours of debate.

Five weeks after Illinois' primary elections, we talked to some candidates who know what it's like to fall short and then have to ease back into everyday life.

In the first day of the trial, Julia Hudson told the jury that she didn’t believe her then-husband meant it when he threatened to kill her.

A published report says more than half of Illinois day cares haven't been inspected by the state.The Chicago Tribune reported in its Sunday edition that 55 percent of the approximately 12,300 day care operations haven't had visits from state inspectors during their current three-year licens

 A Chicago man accused of placing a backpack he thought held a bomb near Wrigley Field has pleaded guilty. In an expected plea deal, Sami Samir Hassoun admitted that he took what he thought was a bomb and dropped it in a trash bin near the home of the Chicago Cubs. 

The new head of the Republican Party in DuPage County is hoping 2012 is nothing like the last presidential election. In the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama carried the traditionally Republican DuPage by 45,072 votes.

Several Nobel Peace Prize winners are expected in Chicago for a three-day summit this week, the first of its kind in North America.Laureates set to attend include former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama and former President Jimmy Carter.