Emanuel, ally highlight need for overhaulOne of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's top aides privately briefed aldermen on the city's pension woes Wednesday as the mayor's closest City Council ally prepared for hearings that will put city retirement fund officials in the hot seat.

Tenants include political fund he chairs, firm that does accounting work for village he runsThe century-old gray office building may not look like much — its owner says it can be hard to rent — but it has become a central meeting place for private interests and public money.

At luncheon in Chicago, she says international system still coping with triple shock since 9/11, describes 3 major policy focus points in AfghanistanThe international system is still grappling with the triple shocks of the Sept. 11 attacks, the global economic crisis of 2008 and the Arab Spring, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said at a Thursday luncheon hosted by The Executives' Club o...

But event comes with political risks for Obama, EmanuelMayor Rahm Emanuel has touted the NATO summit as a way to showcase Chicago on an international stage, and much of the Chicago area agrees with that notion, a Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows.

State, Cook County team up to combat foreclosure crisisIllinois is teaming with Cook County on a trial program in which a loan fund will be created to buy vacant foreclosed homes, renovate them and resell them at low interest rates.

35-year-old group 'no longer talks about exporting bananas'In the early 1970s, a looming international oil crisis prompted the White House to create an informal gathering of senior finance officials from Europe, Japan and the U.S. It was dubbed the "Library Group" and stuck mostly to economic policies

Mayor must support Daley's selection process or start overA political battle over a multimillion-dollar contract to control what international travelers eat and buy at O'Hare International Airport for the next 25 years is raging at City Hall, and all eyes are on Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Former mayor is joining Katten Muchin Rosenman in 'of counsel' post, so he won't work exclusively for firmFormer Mayor Richard Daley is taking advantage of his long political career by joining an international law firm that hopes to tap his expertise and connections as someone known for leasing public assets and developing ties with China.

'This is no longer a state movement. This is an international movement on behalf of working families,'Thousands of Illinois teachers, painters, carpenters and other public service workers filled Daley Plaza this afternoon carrying signs and chanting "We are one" in a rally to show support for union employees in Wisconsin and other states where political leaders have proposed limiting collective ba...

Fighting for his political life, Far North Side Ald. Bernard Stone s campaign funneled nearly $14,000 to a political committee that attacked his primary challenger while leaving no direct trail to the City Council veteran, state records show.

For a Better Chicago makes choices in 3 wards where mayor-elect hasn't made endorsementsA political fund aligned with Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday endorsed four more candidates in next month's City Council runoff elections, including contenders in three races the incoming mayor has decided to sit out.

Hollywood to lend a hand at November eventChicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel has opened up a new political fund and purchased $10,000 worth of voter records, according to state filings and his campaign.

Gorman's transfer of money in campaign fund draws court rebukeJust days after Cook County Commissioner Elizabeth Doody Gorman's campaign account was subpoenaed by business creditors, Gorman moved the money in the account to another political committee she controls — an action that drew a stinging rebuke from a magistrate judge.