U.S. Representative Peter Roskam asked, with all the current fiscal problems, what would happen if we found out there were billions of dollars suddenly available? “Well the fact is, there is,” he said.

Suit against Chicago’s food truck ordinance moves forward in court.

Nannies, homecare workers  and house cleaners are excluded from most labor laws: no rest breaks, no overtime, no protections from harassment, and no right to organize.

Laws around tipped workers have suppressed wages, despite a growing restaurant industry.

At a recent job, Michael Grice earned less than a dollar an hour for manual work. His wages were legal under a federal license held by over 100 Illinois organizations. 

In Illinois, TANF recipients cannot have more than $3,000 in assets for a family of three. But lawmakers passed a bill to change that.

A picket line stretched for roughly two blocks in front of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in the south Loop. The demonstration was organized by Unite Here which represents Hyatt Hotel workers.