Gov. Pat Quinn is pushing state lawmakers to raise the age students can legally drop out of school from 17 to 18, a move aimed at improving graduation rates but one that local educators say won't accomplish much unless the state also provides the money to keep at-risk students in school.
Whether a key plank in the federal Affordable Care Act proceeds smoothly in President Barack Obama's home state will be decided this week, when the Illinois General Assembly considers legislation to set up a statewide health-insurance exchange.
Rod Blagojevich in return for an appointment to President Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat. “Let me be clear. I believe in the American system of justice,” Jackson, a Democrat, said Saturday at a Kankakee County NAACP dinner. ...
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother wants to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Ethics investigating whether an Illinois congressman sought to raise money for Blagojevich for an appointment to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.
White House chief of staff Bill Daley says he'll return to Chicago after the 2012 election. He's committed to stay with President Barack Obama in Washington "through his re-election" and "then my wife and I will be back in Chicago." Obama chose Daley to be his White House chief of staff in January.
