A national radio report this weekend revealing that hyperlocal content provider Journatic used false bylines in several stories that ran in TribLocal online has prompted an investigation by the Chicago Tribune.
A national radio report this weekend revealing that hyperlocal content provider Journatic used false bylines in several stories that ran in TribLocal online has prompted an investigation by the Chicago Tribune.
Despite a storied career as a progressive reformer, ex-Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has little love for progressive policies when they come from the federal government.
Chicago Public Schools is losing both its top legal officer and its top labor executive to retirement in the midst of tough contract negotiations with its teacher's union. General Counsel Patrick Rocks and Chief Labor Relations Officer Rachel Resnick will both be retiring.
An Illinois Department of Labor investigation has found nearly two dozen problems at the Cook County morgue, from trays damaged by falling bodies to shortcomings in vaccinating employees against serious diseases they could encounter on the job.
Chicago's nearly 40 percent increase in homicides has made national news, creating a public relations problem for the city. The question is whether the reports will hamper Chicago's economy.
The massive Medicaid expansion upheld by the Supreme Court will likely add more than $1 billion over five years to the cost of Illinois' struggling program, which can little afford any extra financial burdens.
Midway Airport was closed for nearly four hours overnight after a problem in an airfield lighting vault cut power to runway lights, officials said.
