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Journalist who covered Clinton White House visits Columbia
Nina Burleigh comes home to Chicago, speaks with students about her career
Author and journalist Nina Burleigh returned to her hometown of Chicago to talk about her career ...
Quinn calls for tax hike
Governor says without
On March 10, Gov. Pat Quinn delivered his budget address to the Illinois General Assembly in ...
Chicago ‘Cultivating Great Performances’
Flower and garden show hosts annual event at Navy Pier
Top horticultural, landscaping and gardening experts came together at the 16 annual Chicago Flower and Garden ...
Family Farmed Expo celebrates local food
With spring near, locavore fest kicks off the growing season
Fans of locally grown produce came together as the Family Farmed Expo celebrated its fifth annual ...
Westboro Baptist Church protests gays, Jews,Tom Brokaw
Radical group with extreme views takes to Chicago streets for protest
The Controversial group the Westboro Baptist Church, which is best known for its anti-gay, anti-Jewish and ...
City Council honors felled police officer
March meeting includes resolution for Sgt. Haymaker, who died last month
Mayor Richard M. Daley opened the March 10 City Council meeting by honoring Police Sgt. Alan ...
Daley speaks to Columbia journalism students
In impromptu press conference, mayor touches on war, Fenger, health care
Mayor Richard M. Daley said he believed all sports, music and arts programs should be taken ...
First-ever oversight of cemeteries begins
New regulations in place to prevent another Burr Oak-like incident
The newly formed Cemetery Oversight Board, spurred by last year’s controversy at Burr Oak Cemetery in ...
Authors discuss future of journalism
Two reporters say integration with technology necessary for survival of “Fourth” Estate
With Bankrupt newspapers and an abundance of job losses among reporters, most people have turned to ...
Founder of Southern Poverty Law Center honored
Morris Dees, a lifelong advocate for civil rights, racial equality, honored at annual dinner
As a young man in the 1940s, Morris Dees worked the cotton fields with blacks and ...
New study links herbicide to frog decline
Maker of chemical Atrazine calls science ‘unsound,’ questions researcher’s motives
Last week, University of California-Berkeley Professor Tyrone Hayes published a new study on the effects of ...
Illinois top user of possibly dangerous herbicide
Scientists find links between chemical, birth defects, cancer
Illinois is the No. 1 purchaser in the country of an herbicide that may cause breast ...
Question of the week: Is Chicago that miserable?
Chicago lands once again on Forbes' list
Thanks to high taxes, Chicago Transit Authority route cuts and fare hikes with the loss of ...
Despite protests, Chicago Public Schools continue with closings
Aldermen speak at Board of Education meeting, ask board to save local schools
After months of public outrage and protests, Chicago Public Schools and the Board of Education are ...
Police lawsuits cost city thousands
Civil complaints against three cops settled for $750,000, another still pending
The city of Chicago spent $740,000 in the past month settling lawsuits that stemmed from two ...