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A gauge of Chicago-area manufacturing slowed in April to the weakest growth rate in 29 months, according to a survey released Monday, data that may raise doubts about the health of a national index due for release in a day’s time. ISM-Chicago...

There are worries that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed “Infrastructure Trust” – where a non-profit would be created, and a board would oversee the private financing of public infrastructure projects – will not be accountable...

Chicago is setting off on an ambitious $7 billion program to overhaul the metropolis’ aging infrastructure, from replacing crumbling commuter rail stations and century-old water pipes to building new airport runways and parks, its mayor...

Chicago is setting off on an ambitious $7 billion program to overhaul the metropolis’ aging infrastructure, from replacing crumbling commuter rail stations and century-old water pipes to building new airport runways and parks, its mayor...

Delegations for dozens of world leaders visiting Chicago for the NATO Summit will test city resources, a local transportation official testified Tuesday during a hearing on an appeal from protesters seeking a permit to march during the event.

An American Airlines flight attendant disrupted a flight Friday morning as it was about to take off from Dallas Fort/Worth en route to Chicago, saying over the aircraft intercom system that the plane was going to crash, alluding to 9/11 terrorist...

A federal grand jury in Chicago is investigating how $1.6 billion disappeared as the securities brokerage MF Global spiraled into bankruptcy last fall, according to a regulatory filing.

More existing single-family homes and condominiums were sold in the Chicago area last month than in any January since 2007, but the recorded median price was the lowest for any month in the past nine years.

Forget watching the clock, chewing gum, or slouching. At the Noble Network of Charter Schools’ 10 Chicago campuses students are on their best behavior– otherwise it will cost them.

The number of homes hit with foreclosure filings in the Chicago metropolitan area rose 13.9 percent in January from December as lender documentation problems, which slowed foreclosures here and across the country, continued to be resolved, the...