Union workers and a group of Chicago aldermen want the city to rebid a controversial contract at O’Hare International Airport.The city signed a $99 million contract with a new janitorial company called United Maintenance.
As the Chicago Teachers Union tallies a vote that could lead to a strike, some balloting Saturday by the school district’s second-largest union could affect the CTU’s bargaining strength.
Chicago Public Schools has reached a tentative contract agreement with its second largest union.The school system announced early Monday that it's negotiated a three-year contract with the Service Employees International Union Local 73.
Prosecutors are continuing their laser-like focus on the so-called Senate seat allegations in the retrial of former Illinois Gov.Rod Blagojevich. The strongest evidence in the first trial came from secret recordings of Blagojevich's phone calls so that's what prosecutors are focusing on with th
Margins of victory were very small in a handful of Chicago city council runoffs, and the results could change slightly as late-arriving absentee ballots trickle in.
Attorneys for Rod Blagojevich are asking for access to any interviews between President Barack Obama and the FBI.In a Monday morning filing, Blagojevich's attorneys say they want any notes or summaries of interviews with Mr. Obama related to the ex-governor's corruption case.
