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. 

After not one, but two factory closings, the former workers of Republic Windows and Doors decided to take things into their own hands.

 The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow private sector employees to take comp time, in lieu of overtime pay. But some local advocates say it’s not as helpful as it may seem. 

The National Runaway Safeline says more youth are running away because of money problems. 

A municipal contest in suburban Chicago is so close that election officials are going to flip a coin to decide the winner. 

When Seiling hears people talk about the sequester, they are usually most worried about longer waits at airports. But she says that doesn’t compare to the wait her clients have had. “Everyone who is on the waiting list right now has been waiting since 2001,” said Seiling. 

Anthony Randazzo says that 40-foot hole, the one that swallowed three cars and one man, is actually a giant pothole.