State Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago), leader of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, announced his support for an Illinois same-sex marriage bill Tuesday.
Hundreds of fast food and retail workers in Chicago are expected to
strike today in a push for higher wages, according to organizers with the Fight for $15 campaign.
Charges against the Mississippi man that was arrested last week in connection with the ricin-laced letters sent to the president, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, and a Lee County Justuce court judge have been dropped.
SEIU security officers have reached an agreement with the Building Owners and Manager's Association (BOMA), voting unanimously for a three-year contract that went into effect Sunday.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is in Chicago this week to meet with a group of
unnamed businesses in the hopes of persuading them to leave Illinois for the Lone Star state.
Illinois residents can now play lawmaker via a new virtual state budget calculator that allows residents to make decisions on and manipulate the Illinois General Fund, which makes up more than 50 percent of the budget.
About 1,900 existing single-family homes and condominiums were sold last
month in Chicago, making it the most active March for the local housing
market since 2008, the Illinois Association of Realtors reported
Monday.
A one-mile long underground pipeline on the Northwest Side of Chicago
aimed at alleviate flooding is in the works, and construction could
start as early as next year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other Illinois lawmakers announced Sunday.
