Our site is experiencing technical issues
We're experiencing some technical difficulties and are working to resolve the issues. Some articles may result in an error message. Thanks for your patience.
In this Sept. 13, 2011 file photo, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, right, and his companion, Cylvia Hayes, react to a welcome from attendees at the awarding ceremony of the Enjoy Oregon Wine Fair in Tokyo. | AP Photo/Hiro Komae, file
Oregon governor's fiancee admits to marrying immigrant for $5,000
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber's fiancee admitted Thursday that she violated the law when she married an immigrant seeking to retain residency in the United States.
Demonstrators with the groups National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Workers United of Washington and the #Not1More Campaign, protest an increase in deportations and President Barack Obama's immigration policies outside the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's Gala Dinner at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, last week. AFP File PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: 516270669 US-POLITICS-IMMIGRATION-PROTEST SAUL LOEB
How GOP can appeal to Hispanics
An off-year election is an opportunity for the winning party to learn the wrong lessons. Such an opportunity beckons for Republicans. They are poised to win elections, and may possibly gain control of the Senate, in part because the most loyal Democratic constituencies — single women, blacks and Hispanics — tend not to participate as energetically in non-presidential years.
Interactive: How Illinois' wireless tax compares
When officials approved a measure to raise city taxes on phone use by 56% last spring, it made Chicago's tax on wireless service one of the highest in the U.S. As a state, Illinois has the fifth-highest wireless taxes in the country, according to a recent report from Washington D.C.-based Tax Foundation.
Three Ways ACA is affecting Business
More often than not, when healthcare reform is brought up, the impact and the interests of businesses are lumped together, as if each faces with the same challenges as the next.
CTU: Karen Lewis has serious illness, is 'alert and comfortable'
Chicago Teachers Union officials revealed on Thursday that CTU president Karen Lewis has a serious illness, underwent surgery yesterday and is "alert and comfortable."
Read the police report from Palin family brawl
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Police in Alaska say no charges will be filed in connection with a fight that broke out at a party and involved members of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's family.
DATA: How long does it take to vote in each state?
Here's one reason to be happy you live in Illinois: On election day, you'll be in and out of the voting booth before you know it. The same can't be said about Florida, according to data from the Government Accountability Office.
Republican challenger Bruce Rauner (left) and Gov. Pat Quinn.
5 things to watch for in tonight's Quinn/Rauner debate
Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican businessman Bruce Rauner meet Thursday night in Peoria for their first debate in what is shaping up as one of the closest — and most sharp-elbowed — governor's races in the country. Here are some things to watch for as the Illinois governor hopefuls face off.
Lawmakers approve $700 million to fight Ebola
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairmen of House panels that oversee the Pentagon signed off Thursday on an additional $700 million to pay for the military mission to help fight Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak.
Who is benefiting from the Lawndale Diabetes Project?
Gerry Allen, a resident of North Lawndale on Chicago’s West Side, suffered for years with unmanaged diabetes. But, thanks to an expanded community health initiative launched in April 2012 between a local hospital and an insurance provider, he did something he thought he’d never do.
Georgia Covey, left, embraces her partner Anna Singson while waiting in line for a same sex marriage license at the Marriage License Bureau Wednesday in Las Vegas. | AP Photo/John Locher
Six things to know about this week's gay marriage developments
Weddings, court rulings and confusion are defining a week that started with the U.S. Supreme Court denying appeals from five states seeking to retain their bans on same-sex marriage, followed by a ruling overturning some bans in Western states. Some states affected by the decisions are going ahead with weddings; some are proceeding toward marriage deliberately; and some are putting up a fight. Here's the rundown.
- 1 of 1159
- next
