Illinois
Video: Fighting for Chicago mass transit
February 21, 2011Transit workers and environmental activists rallied here in support of mass transit last Thursday, calling for increased funding, not cuts.
Read more‘Stop breaking the law’ protest tells Chicago charter school [with video]
February 14, 2011The battle for union recognition by charter schoolteachers has grown as charters have assumed a larger presence in the city.
Read moreIllinois legalizes civil unions
February 1, 2011With a landmark bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn Monday, same-sex couples will, for the first time in Illinois history, share many of the legal protections that are now granted to married couples.
Read moreOfficials use budget woes to attack public unions
January 31, 2011State officials around the country are using state and local budget woes as a smokescreen for campaigns against public unions.
Read moreIllinois: One pen away from abolishing the death penalty
January 14, 2011Lawmakers are poised to make Illinois the first state to end capital punishment since 2009.
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