Jean Latz Griffin

With 29 years on the job, Elgin Police Officer Fred Ufland has seen the law change time and again to hold police officers responsible for decisions they make. What hasn't...

A citizens group in Arlington Heights is expected to file petitions Wednesday to put a referendum proposal on the November ballot concerning the expansion of legalized gambling in the village....

Sheila and Michael have spent the past seven weeks delighting in their newly adopted son, Sean, who will be eight weeks old on Monday. But the suburban couple, who asked...

Oak Park's decision to extend health insurance and other benefits to employees who live with same-sex partners is part of a nationwide trend that has been picking up steam since...

Rodney Trovinger's side trip to federal court on his way to the doctor shows that even though Illinois is well into the second decade of dealing with HIV and AIDS,...

A proposed multi-riverboat complex in Chicago could siphon away a third to a half of the proceeds from suburban floating casinos and up to 70 percent of the take from...

While Roland Burris and Dawn Clark Netsch traded jabs Monday over a life-and-death issue, their trailing rival for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination teamed up with Daffy Duck. Cook County Board...

Talk about having your show stolen. Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch held news conferences Tuesday in Chicago and Springfield, razzing and railing at her two Democratic gubernatorial opponents and trying to...

Trying to climb out of last place in his election campaign, John Stroger on Tuesday clambered aboard the popular statewide political bandwagon of anti-crime initiatives with two new TV ads...

Clarence Desmond Clemons is a Democrat. Charles "Chuck" Mobley is a Republican. But they are united in one goal-to oust veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. Cardiss Collins. Clemons will get his...