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The Daily News now knows what was in some of the videos WYCC produced over the last few years - videos that sparked a state ethics investigation and a...
Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago
Under orders from then-Chancellor Wayne Watson, the PBS television station at City Colleges of Chicago used its budget to produce free videos of power...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.23.2009 | Chicago
The IOC is no longer in town but the debate over Chicago's Olympic bid rages on. The City Council approved the Olympic Community Agreement Wednesday,...
Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago
It has been a long time since Chicago State University has had a native Chicagoan as its president.
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 02.20.2009 | Chicago
Asked Sunday night about his thoughts, just-retired Illinois Senate President Emil Jones put it simply: "My godson's the president now. I feel good."...
AP | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Senate President Emil Jones is retiring after 36 years in the Legislature. Jones bid farewell to his colleagues Tu...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Hours after impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich convened a new Illinois Senate and urged lawmakers to "find the truth," senators ...
David Sirota | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics
It kinda makes you wonder if Reid would have told Illinois Democratic leaders back in 2004 not to back Obama for Senate because he was supposedly "unelectable."
The Huffington Post | Seth Maxon | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago
Illinois politicians moved quickly to repudiate Governor Rod Blagojevich after his arrest early Tuesday on federal corruption charges. Lt. Gov. Pat Q...
HuffPost/Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago
Crain's Chicago Business reports: The state's top two legislative leaders Tuesday said they will move fast to seize control of the process of selecti...
Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago
READ THE LATEST NEWS ON BLAGOJEVICH Update, 4:45pm Jesse Jackson, Jr. emphatically denied that he was a target in the federal investigation of Gov. ...
Hermene Hartman | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago
Jesse Jackson Jr. is the best candidate for Obama's Senate seat. He has served in Congress for 13 years and has become a seasoned, accomplished legislator.
Chicago Sun-Times | Dave McKinney and Fran Spielman | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago
Jockeying over the state Senate's next Democratic leader intensified Wednesday as Mayor Daley insisted he had no horse in the race but signaled behind...
AP | Christopher Wills | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago
Illinois senators won't have much work to do in their annual fall session, but they face two big decisions. The Democratic majority must choose a new...
Chicago Tribune | Ray Long | Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago
The Illinois Senate that Barack Obama left behind now is in a mad scramble over who will lead both the Democrats and Republicans. Following Tuesday's...
CQ Politics | Catharine Richert | Posted 11.24.2008 | Chicago
No matter who wins the White House, somebody's leaving the Senate. Should the Democratic ticket win, Illinois and Delaware are in for replacement sen...
State Journal-Register | Ryan Keith | Posted 11.22.2008 | Chicago
Money is flowing swiftly into several key state Senate races, but it's coming from some unusual sources, thanks to an upcoming power shift. Senate Pr...
The Southern Illinoisan | Posted 11.13.2008 | Chicago
Illinois Democrats have been battling behind-the-scenes to decide who will replace retiring Illinois Senate President Emil Jones. And the race "appear...
Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago
A few hours after my property tax bill arrived in the mail last week, I took the dog for a walk and bumped into a neighbor. "My taxes went up again," ...
AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Senate passed one of the state's more fundamental post-Watergate campaign finance reforms _ a measure supporter...
Chicago Tribune | Ray Long | Posted 10.19.2008 | Chicago
A day after getting a phone call from Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, Senate President Emil Jones decided Thursday to summon senators ...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago
Responding to pleas from government reformers, Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday phoned Illinois Senate President Em...
Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago
Illinois lawmakers tried again to draw Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama back into state politics. At a bipartisan press conference meant ...
Chicago Sun-Times | Dave McKinney | Posted 10.13.2008 | Chicago
While Barack Obama left an imprint on two major ethics packages as a state senator, he ducked a plea Thursday to use his influence to safeguard landma...
CBS 2 | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago
State Republican leaders have proposed legislation that would ban family members of elected officials from being appointed to political office. The l...
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Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago