Taxfilter. What is the correct course of action given my current tax situation? I spent the entirety of 2008 living and working in Chicago, IL. I did not spend one minute residing or working in another state. Five years ago, in 2004, I worked for a very shady California company that regularly abused...

* It just never ends. The Sun-Times reports today that Ald. Dick Mell was paid $100,000 to work for Democrat Blair Hull’s ill-fated 2004 US Senate primary campaign. This is news partly because Mell was paid through Fred Lebed’s consulting group. Lebed, of course, is US Sen. Roland Burris...

-By Senator Chris Lauzen, Illinois State Legislature Corruption, waste, and now an ill-advised, ill-timed 33% income tax increase during a deep and long recession on already struggling typical families have made Illinois a political laughingstock and butt of humor across the country. I have had enou...

By Bob Sakamoto, 7:20 p.m. Marc Fagot and his son Drew at practice in October. (Photo for the Tribune by Warren Skalski) After a courageous 11-month battle against terminal cancer, Geneva running backs coach Marc Fagot, 55, died Thursday at his home in Geneva. Fagot had been an inspiration to the Vi...

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has announced that his office is suing Craigslist, calling it "the single largest source of prostitution in the nation." From the Chicago Tribune:Dart also asked the judge to force the online classifieds company to reimburse......

  Is former New York City Mayor Ed Koch gay? Does anyone even care at this point? Scariest hate crime suspect of all-time? This guy: "So I killed somebody - that makes me a bad guy?" We're against the death penalty, so let's hope he gets brutally beaten in prison every day for...

The “reports” come in from all over the internet and the papers, day after day after day: Don Surber of the Charleston Daily Mail: Democrat Rahm Emanuel put his Chicago residency in the name of a charity to avoid property taxes… Phil Gremillion at The Daily Advertiser of Lafayette,...

According to a report on Box Turtle Bulletin , the Mormon Church is using their private email system to rally members to deluge Illinois legislators with calls objecting to a coming committee vote on moving a civil unions bill to the full state House. The Illinois House will begin considering anothe...

Forgive me a brief indulgence in some Illinois politics: there was a special election today in Rahm Emanuel's old district. Twelve Democrats were running. Special elections are almost always hard to predict, and turnout will be low. Tonight, Cook County Board Member Mike Quigley won, and as Lynn Swe...

Director : Peyton Reed Release Date : 2 June 2006 (USA) Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance Cast : Vince Vaughn as Gary Grobowski, Jennifer Aniston as Brooke Meyers, Joey Lauren Adams as Addie, Cole Hauser as Lupus Grobowski, Jon Favreau as Johnny O, Jason Bateman as Riggleman, Judy Davis as Marilyn Dean...