CPS restructures funding to give principals more say on spending

Chicago Public Schools will move to a per-pupil funding model next year intended to give principals more flexibility in determining how they spend their school's dollars - while bringing all scho Read More

SEC: Illinois broke law by giving false pension info to investors from 2005-2009

Illinois broke federal securities laws and "misled investors" in misstating the true health of the state’s depleted pension funds between 2005 and early 2009, the Securities and Exchange Com Read More

Obama calls Sen. Kirk

Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) found himself part of the White House GOP outreach when he picked up the phone Monday night to hear President Obama on the other end. Read More

Gag order remains in case of gruesome Joliet murders

The four suspects in Joliet's Hickory Street murders appeared in Will County court Monday morning, but were only referred to indirectly throughout the proceedings, Sun-Times Media is reporting. Read More

Baby, man shot in Woodlawn

A 6-month-old girl and a man were shot Monday in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood. Read More

City paying $27M to settle 3 more cases of police wrongdoing

Mayor Rahm Emanuel set aside $27.3 million to settle lawsuits against the city for all of 2013. He's already spent nearly twice that much just to settle cases stemming from allegations of police Read More

Beavers says he will testify, the money was paid

Cook County Commissioner William Beavers stopped to talk to reporters on his way out of court Monday. Read More

Beavers trial underway

The tax evasion trial of Cook County Commissioner Bill Beavers is underway in federal court. Read More

SEC hits Illinois with securities fraud charges

Illinois broke federal securities laws in misstating the true health of its depleted pension funds when going out onto the bond market between 2005 and early 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commissi Read More

Owner charged in improper title case after buses found in scrap yard

The owner of a Southwest Side scrap yard where eight stolen yellow schools buses were found Friday has been arrested and charged in a separate case, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s off Read More