Governor Quinn Warns Of Massive Education Cuts In Speech
(Springfield, IL) -- Governor Pat Quinn's budget address Wednesday challenged lawmakers to pass an income tax increase of one-percent to be used to offset cuts to education. Quinn says raising the state's income tax from three to four-percent would bring in about two-point-eight billion dollars this year ...Read More
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Four Chicagoans Make Forbes' Richest List
(Chicago, IL) -- Forbes' list of the world's wealthiest folks is out, and some prominent Chicagoans made the list. Investor Lester Crown and his family were the most moneyed local folks on the list with a net worth of four-billion dollars ...Read More
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Illinois Foreclosures Rose In February 2010 Over Prior Year
(Undated) -- Illinois posted double-digit increases in foreclosure filings last month. The state saw foreclosure activity leap more than 21-percent in February over the same period last year. RealtyTrac tracks foreclosure activity ...Read More
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Judge Allows New Petition For "Innocence Project" Retrial
(Chicago, IL) -- A convicted killer whose case embroiled journalism students in accusations that they'd paid for witnesses is asking for a new trial. A Cook County judge accepted the amended bid Wednesday from Anthony McKinney's attorneys ...Read More
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Big Cocaine Grab In Traffic Stop
(Chicago, IL) -- A traffic stop this week on the west side netted 50-thousand dollars of cocaine. Police found four bricks of cocaine hidden in a car door when they pulled over 28-year-old Oscar Davis from Cincinnati, Tuesday night ...Read More
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Anheuser-Busch Can't Sell Its Own Beer In Chicago
(Springfield, IL) -- The beer wars are foaming over after Anheuser-Busch lost its bid to distribute its own beer in Illinois. That locks the giant brewer out of the lucrative Chicagoland market. Crain's "Chicago Business" reports that the giant brewer lost out to those with more political clout with the state's Liquor Control Commission ...Read More
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