A man who was charged in the sexual abuse of a teenage girl - a crime that authorities said was recorded and posted on Facebook - has pleaded guilty.

A revamp of the John Hancock Center observatory represents the latest salvo in the intensifying aerial battle for visitors being waged by Hancock, Willis and Trump towers.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Tuesday defended her proposal to increase the sales tax by a penny on the dollar, saying the move is necessary to prevent even greater financial difficulties in coming years.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis on Tuesday sounded optimistic about the prospects for reaching agreement with the school board on a new contract.

Business owners and operators on all edges of the Cook County border were fearful Tuesday of an effort to raise the county sales tax rate 1 percentage point, arguing it will drive away customers who can easily travel a few extra blocks or miles to ...

The Illinois House on Tuesday defeated Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to delay a massive Chicago Public Schools pension payment due at months' end, a result of years of deeply rooted partisan mistrust surfacing in a new era of divided state government.