Now that Cook County commissioners have allowed suburbs to opt out of the county's proposed red-light camera program, the biggest question is how many of the cameras will actually be installed. Most of the eight Northwest suburbs that had been on th...

Each year, Newsweek magazine picks the best high schools in the country based on how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced-placement college-level courses and tests. Just over 1,600 schools - 6 percent of all the public school...

Northbrook-based Allstate Insurance Co. is hosting its annual virtual career fair on Tuesday, June 15, to attract professionals interested in starting their own business. The event will feature "virtual booths" representing Allstate regions across t...

CVS Caremark Corp., the largest U.S. distributor of prescription drugs, said it will purchase about 200 independent pharmacies a year to increase market share. Those outlets would be folded into CVS's existing store base rather than operated separat...

SPRINGFIELD - Thanks to a vote from a suburban Republican, the Democratic-controlled Illinois House approved a budget plan Tuesday that relies on billions of dollars worth of borrowing and effectively delays tough fiscal decisions until next year. T...

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers shot down a proposal that would have forced state retirees not on Medicare to contribute to their state health care. The proposal, which some say would have saved the state $100 million, was one of an array of cost-c...