Jean Latz Griffin

Proposed welfare reform in Illinois could increase the number of homeless people, especially homeless families, according to city officials, advocates for the homeless and a report released Saturday by the...

The Chicago City Council`s class of 1987 includes a former bodyguard, a postal worker, a librarian and a schoolteacher. They range from a woman who will rank as the council`s...

The U.S. government has moved to cut off at least $14 million in funds for the education of handicapped children in Chicago after negotiations have failed to produce a plan...

Two preschoolers with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS-related complex (ARC) are seeking admission to early education programs in the Chicago public schools, officials said Tuesday. The enrollment requests are...

Five Roman Catholic churchmen--two priests and three brothers--have died of AIDS in Chicago, and a religious brother who ministers to the gay community says he knows of ''several more priests...

Gubernatorial candidate Adlai Stevenson lashed out Wednesday at Gov. James Thompson`s proposed cuts in the state mental health budget, calling them ''heartless and stupid.'' During a news conference outside the...

The White Sox provide a comfortable living for Harold Baines, Julio Cruz and Ron Kittle. But the South Side team still isn`t a major Chicago employer. With the equivalent of...

In an attempt to prevent a potential loss of 300,000 union members because of retirement, changes in occupation or employment in districts controlled by a rival union--and to lure new...

The location in the story of Mrs. Henllan-Jones` comments may have had the effect of erroneously linking her with inexperienced, unqualified teachers mentioned elsewhere in the article. To the contrary,...

The city`s ethnic and political factions are scrambling to assess the fallout and, perhaps, to enhance their own positions after the decision by George Munoz, the city`s most visible Hispanic,...