Illinois lawmakers have convened a special session in Springfield, where they're expected to move ahead with plans to form a committee to deal with pensions.
Though they shared a plot of land in the southwest side neighborhood of Garfield Ridge, students from two adjacent elementary schools — one public, one charter — rarely met. One group hopes a "learning garden" bridges the divide.
Chicago is making it’s first attempt to fill the empty art shoes left on a Lakeview corner as part of a broader effort to expand public art in Chicago.
Chicago Teachers Union president delivers speech titled “On Baseball and Budgets” at a City Club luncheon, arguing that people need to cheer on the children of Chicago.
A transportation advocacy group says about 1 in 12 Illinois bridges are "structurally deficient" and need serious maintenance and rehabilitation or should be replaced entirely.
Politicians routinely use strong language when they talk about the pension crisis. Are there any adjectives left to describe how bad this situation is that we aren’t already desensitized to? Any fear-inspiring idioms or cliches left out? That’s where you come in.
