Texas authorities on Tuesday released several hours of footage showing Sandra Bland during her three days in jail, saying they wanted to dispel rumors that she was dead before arriving there.
What Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan previously had labeled a "diversion" to resolving the state's budget impasse became a priority issue Tuesday when the House voted to repeal an automatic 2 percent pay hike following weeks of criticism f...
Taking a firm stand against Obamacare's controversial contraception mandate, Wheaton College on Friday will stop providing any health insurance for students.
The Chicago City Council will meet for the final time this summer as aldermen try to take care of business before the 2016 budget process starts to dominate the proceedings this fall.
South Holland's police chief says youth may have contributed to an officer's response during a recent investigative stop that was recorded on a cell phone and tweeted to tens of thousands of Twitter accounts.
The Farm Aid crowd in Champaign in 1985. (Chicago Tribune) Farm Aid will be celebrating its 30th anniversary in Chicago. While the crowd likely won't match the 80,000 who attended the epic concert at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, this year's lineu...
