Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice has an article in today's paper that takes aim at the Republican party, and specifically presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, for making food stamps and welfare a campaign issue. more ›

The underground, radical feminist, and still-invigorating Born in Flames should be required viewing for anybody suggesting that any single political event, be it an election or a revolution, is the answer to all our problems. more ›

(Legendary Chicago-based photographer Art Shay has taken photos of kings, queens, celebrities and the common man in a 60-year career. In this week's look at his photography archives, Art shares with us some of his favorite political shots over the years.) more ›

Cardboard pizza king Herman Cain may have suspended his presidential campaign amidst mounting allegations he liked to tomcat around, but that doesn't mean he isn't subject to parody in the form of street art. more ›

Bill Daley, the current White House chief of staff, opened up about the Obama administration in a recent edition of Politico. more ›

Gov. Quinn vetoed the $2.6 billion smart grid bill in September, siding with consumers who attacked the utility-backed bill for padding ComEd's profits. The clock is ticking for Springfield to amend the controversial bill. more ›

This is definitely turning into a jarring spectacle that has both the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools up in arms. more ›

How are the protests outside the Federal Reserve Building progressing a week later? more ›

Obama repeated to Congress during his 32-minute speech they should pass this bill and he will make sure they're held accountable if the bill stalls. more ›

During the contentious political fight in Wisconsin earlier this year, two Wisconsin Supreme Court justices entered a physical brawl, and now one has filed a lawsuit against the other. Liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley says conservative Justice David Prosser put her in a "chokehold." Prosser doesn't disagree. But he contends he didn't squeeze, and it was simply a reflex because she charged at him with a clenched fist. No criminal charges have been filed, but a district attorney has taken up Walsh Bradley's case as a special prosecutor. more ›

Our hats are off to the owners of Logan Square Kitchen. We've watched them fight, successfully, for more than a year to keep their business open amidst the city's regulatory mess. Everything seemed to be settled, but it appears now that while the city may sort of know how to categorize them, the health department might not like them very much. According to a blog post on their site, the establishment has been inspected 19 times in 2 years. The law required two per year. more ›

Yesterday, Governor Pat Quinn signed a legislation that would improve school facility planning as well as "increase transparency and accountability in Chicago Public Schools." more ›

The freshman congressman suggests the rich be able to donate to the federal government as a charitable donation. more ›

Obama hinted at a jobs package he will put forth in September. more ›

"Since I've been called a socialist who wasn't born in this country, who is destroying America and taking away its freedoms because I passed a health care bill, I'm all for lowering the rhetoric." more ›

Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill into law forming a new commission that is "aimed at researching disparities in the African-American community." more ›

President Obama took to the Aragon Ballroom to attempt to put the recent debt ceiling discussions behind him and to raise some money for his reelection campaign. more ›

Emanuel's decision to lay off city employees most likely intensified any tension between the city workers and the new mayor. more ›

President Obama and Congress find themselves in a staredown over debt ceiling negotiations, but the President did find time to announce an end to the ban on gays in the military. more ›

Labor organizations were unable to meet Rahm's deadline to come up with a viable strategy to handle the debt, and it looks like more than 600 city employees will be seeing pink slips on Monday. more ›

It's been just over a month since the civil unions law went into effect state-wide, and Illinois is seeing a lot of love. more ›

An Indiana woman is selling a handwritten letter from President Obama for $11,000 so she can avoid eviction. more ›

Alderman Tom Tunney (owner of Ann Sather's) is objecting to the new proposal to legalize and regulate food trucks. more ›

The GOP presidential candidates took turns to call the president a complete failure and that no matter who grabs the reigns for Republicans in 2012, they'll will make Obama a “one term president.” more ›

Mayor Emanuel is holding off on giving Chicago Housing Authority CEO Lewis Jordan a vote of confidence until he sees the results of an audit on CHA's credit card use. more ›

Former Representative Bill Foster announced this morning that he was back in the political hunt, this time for the 11th District which now covers Aurora. more ›

Chicago Craft Beer Week continues. Also, a seminar on redistricting in Little Village. more ›

As if Mayor Emanuel didn't have enough on his plate already, now it looks as though he'll be called to testify in the Blagojevich retrial. more ›

A few weeks back, we brought you news of an aldermanic hissy fit that threatened the life of the Logan Square Farmers Market. Alderman Rey Colon objected that campaign material for his opponent in the last election had been handed out at the market, and tried to shut it down. The response was immediate - on every website that covered the story, angry comments piled up - and a few days later, Colon withdrew his formal opposition to their permit in the city counsel. Even then, it was unclear what would happen to the market. The Tribune reported Friday that Colon announced that he would support the market going forward. more ›

Although the Republican party is scrambling pretty hard to find strong contenders for the 2012 presidential election, things are still unclear as to how solid the pool of candidates will be come the primaries. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has been deliberating a bid for the White House for months, encouraged by colleagues to consider a bid. Citing family concerns, Gov. Daniels announced his decision not to pursue a candidacy for the presidential elections next year, leaving the Republican Party with more question marks than they need right now in posing a formidable challenge to President Obama's re-election campaign. more ›