Although he gives U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) high marks for his responsiveness to business leaders, Chicago Lexus dealer Mike McGrath Sr. says the overall business climate in Illinois seems to be getting worse.

One of the best ways for politicians to learn how to cope with a crisis is to seek advice from others within the political realm. It may be something 45th Ward Alderman John Arena will want to consider after a recent scandal over parking at a police station – ostensibly to give his 75-year-old mother an easier walk to Wrigley Field – has landed him in hot water.

Although he initially denied demanding special parking privileges for a May 11 Cubs-White Sox game at Wrigley Field, now it seems that 45th Ward Alderman John Arena is confused about who accompanied him to that game.

Even alderman aren't allowed to park at the Chicago Police Department’s Town Hall District lot, which happens to be two blocks from Wrigley Field.

Thanks to a guaranteed annual cost of living pay increase for state pensioners, as well as years of inadequate pension funding, Illinois now sits on the edge of fiscal calamity, warns the law firm of Keefe, Campbell, Biery & Associates.

Recent exam questions in an African Studies class indicate the left may be doing all it can to paint the current president as a bigot while ignoring the ethical and moral lapses of leaders on its own side.

Attorney Bart Goldberg appeared to be a strong contender in the March Democratic primary in the 20th Senate District.

News that the Village of Glencoe has cross-trained all its emergency response staff, and can now use a single fund for police and firefighter retirement benefits raises the question about whether other communities have attempted similar consolidation.

A new formula for calculating Cook County property taxes – one that aims to minimize impact on low-income wage earners – was announced May 1 by the Cook County assessor's office and will go into effect this year.

Though she’s arguing for change from the state’s political past, 15th District House candidate Amanda Biela’s recycling of a Reagan-era campaign slogan may provide the key to reaching voters with her message.

After his recent victory over Carol Smith Donovan for a seat on the Illinois Republican Central Committee, newcomer Mark Hosty had some conciliatory words for his fellow Republicans.

Alderman John Arena, who represents the 45th Ward, is accused of cyberstalking a police officer, allegedly over her opposition to a building at 5150 N. Northwest Highway.

Plans by Chicago's 45th Ward alderman, John Arena, to change the zoning in a Northwest Side neighborhood from residential to commercial – a process known as “upzoning” – is meeting with stiff opposition from a neighborhood group organized to fight the change.

In the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 students dead and 15 others injured, questions are being raised about the role new disciplinary procedures may have played in allowing the alleged shooter to plot his mayhem without detection.

A discrepancy betw​een the property taxes of the Illinois comptroller, Susana Mendoza, and her predecessor and current deputy governor, Leslie Munger, has become a sticking point as Illinois faces a government funding crisis.

Illinois is joining all 50 states and U.S. territories in adopting FirstNet, a nationwide wireless broadband network boasting a near-unlimited capacity for crucial first-responder public-safety messages.

A new year means new roles for seven professors at the John Marshall Law School.

State Sen. Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago) faced another setback this election cycle with recent news that he lacks enough signatures on nominating petitions to be placed to be on the March primary ballot.

Although it was able to investigate only a fraction of the complaints it received, the Chicago Public Schools Office of the Inspector General (OIG) noted in its annual report that it logged nearly 1,500 reports of alleged misconduct, waste, fraud and financial mismanagement during fiscal 2017.

During a three-year period, Chicago Public Schools employees spent more than $250,000 on gift cards, some of which were allegedly used as a way to get around a no-petty-cash policy instituted by the district, according to a recent report.