The city of Chicago has reached a $6.2 million settlement with some 800 plaintiffs in a lawsuit over mass arrests made during a 2003 protest of the Iraq War.
The Chicago Teachers Union filed a charge today with the federal Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the Chicago Board of
Education's 2011 layoff policy had a disparate impact on black teachers.
Illinois business groups are actively opposing Gov. Pat Quinn's anticipated nomination of Chicago Ald. Joe Moore to run the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
