Feb 08, 2010 03:00AM

Marijuana worth more than $9 million found in warehouse

(FRANKLIN PARK) Illinois State Police discovered more than $9 million worth of marijuana while searching a west suburban warehouse last week and arrested four people for trafficking.

Feb 08, 2010 03:00AM

3 aldermen were critical to Cohen’s election

The Watchdogs: Scott Lee Cohen might have startled some by winning the Democratic Party primary race for lieutenant governor -- but probably not voters on the North and Northwest sides of Chicago and in broad swaths of suburbia and Downstate, who gave him his margin of victory.

Feb 08, 2010 03:00AM

38 workers, CTA reach deal; canceled services remain

A tentative deal that allows 38 CTA maintenance workers to keep their jobs in return for concessions is a sign that other unions may be ready to cut a deal and get canceled buses back on the road, CTA chief Richard Rodriguez said today.

Feb 08, 2010 03:00AM

Connected firm wins Metra-bus contract

A clout-heavy company with two generations of ties to the Daley family has been awarded a $3.3 million contract to build a "transfer center" meant to make it easier for commuters at Metra's LaSalle Street station to switch to CTA buses. Walsh Construction will convert a surface parking lot at the southeast corner of Congress and Financial Place into a bus turnaround.

Feb 08, 2010 03:00AM

Daley: Give city inspector power to investigate aldermen

Mayor Daley on Monday transferred control over city hiring to his corruption-fighting inspector general, but touched off a political firestorm in the process — by proposing that the inspector general be empowered to investigate Chicago aldermen from this day forward.