Dick Durbin

The designation would provide up to $10 million in federal funding for preservation projects.

The funds will go toward new equipment and overtime patrols. 

You won't have to cross the street to get on a bus from the train again. 

The teen, killed in 2013, would have been 19 on Thursday.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined other local elected officials to break ground on the project Sunday.

"This is as basic as the water we drink each and every day," said U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.

White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf endorsed the ban, as aldermen pondered the "enforcement mechanism."

A City Council committee Friday advanced a plan to ban smokeless tobacco at sports venues.

"Black people are hurting the most in this budget impasse," said a student at the South Side school.

"Families and communities are suffering," Sen. Durbin said during Tuesday visit to Englewood.

A recent teleconference with the chief operating officer of CSX Transportation Inc. had a familar ring.

Blocked railroad crossings in the 19th Ward amount to a broken promise with CSX, lawmakers contend.

"While bulldozing the airport was referred to as shock, seeing nature is the awe," Mayor Emanuel said.

The new building is expected to be completed in June.

Chicago is the last major U.S. city to destroy harmful bacteria in sewage before sending it downstream.