New Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke vows to lower ‘war zone numbers’ of Chicago violence

The county’s new top prosecutor highlighted Illinois’ assault weapons ban as a key tool in tamping down the violence she says has “overshadowed” the region. Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen…

Wall Street sounds the alarm about Chicago finances!

Standard & Poor’s has put Chicago on a “credit watch,” which could raise the interest rate the city pays by about one-quarter of a percentage point. And with the city…