A defiant Democratic Cook County Board president candidate Dorothy Brown vowed Monday that she would continue shaking down her employees for cash.

No city gets into the holiday spirit like Chicago, which is why, by statute, city potholes must be large enough to fit Santa.

I hope your finances are in order because if you don’t act right now, you’ll miss your chance to purchase historic Illinois.

Embattled Cook County Board President Todd Stroger demanded a full federal investigation of his office on Monday and called for himself to be indicted. The move comes after a Chicago Tribune poll indicated Stroger had an approval rating of only 10 percent and his fellow party leaders refused to back him for reelection. “I know people [...]

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees still has five vacancies for Governor Pat Quinn to fill, and I would totally want the position, if only it paid anything. See, trustees work on a volunteer basis.  This is not a good way to get talented people to do things.  It’s a position with no pay, regular [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife When news broke that a member of Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Olympic committee arranged to develop city-owned land near a proposed Olympic site, the mayor originally refused to talk about it and blasted reporters who raised the issue. On Monday, Daley announced he changed his mind and would be forming a [...]

The head of a commission charged with reforming the admission procedures at the University of Illinois announced Monday he is abandoning his efforts and suggested individual admissions spots be sold to the highest bidders. A Chicago Tribune investigation that uncovered an admissions system in which state lawmakers used their influence to help politically-connected students gain entrance [...]

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Following the high ratings of its 24/7 coverage of the death of Michael Jackson, CNN announced it will launch a news channel devoted entirely to the coverage of celebrity deaths. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper said the new cable channel will be known as CNN/RIP. “Because of our coverage of Jackson’s death to the exclusion of [...]

Amid the growing furor over the city’s privatization of parking meters, the Chicago City Council decided Monday to change its name to the Rubberstamp Authority of Chicago. Most aldermen will now be known as lackeys instead.

Season ticket holders are probably on the wealthy side of city society, but… really? Apparently, our near-broke city is as desperate as ever, and now wants to include current Bears season ticket holders in the “amusement tax,” which will cost said ticket holders somewhere between $500 and $10,000 per seat already paid for as long as [...]

Tribune report raises eyebrows, but the thought of more contract work through the city has Chicagoans rethinking elevator safety.