Gun control has become a hot-button issue in the wake of multiple mass shootings in 2012, especially the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Pundits and politicians on both sides of the aisle have begun...

Chicago is known for a lot of firsts. The first skyscraper, the first nuclear reaction and even the first vacuum cleaner. But there’s one first the board of tourism might not be as likely to point out to the casual traveler: Chicago was also the hom...

The absence of a functional regional transit authority did not discourage members of the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission from presenting a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed commuter rail connect...