Chicago

The Illinois County that includes Chicago wants to help cover the costs of the city's rising gun violence by taxing ammunition.

It's back to school today in Chicago. In the next couple of weeks, teachers will vote on the tentative contract deal reached between the union, and negotiators for the school district and Mayor Rahm Emmanuel.

The Chicago teachers union voted to end their strike yesterday, but repairing relations will take time.

The teacher's union in Chicago has decided to suspend the strike that's kept 350,000 kids out of school the past seven days.

Lake Forrest High School in suburban Chicago is fighting its own striking teachers by running the school without them.

Questions about how to care for children while their teachers are on strike are among the issues plaguing leaders and residents in Chicago.

350,000 kids have an unexpected day off today. So what are parents doing with their kids?

For the last year, union leaders have tried to push Mayor Rahm Emanuel into focusing on other issues: smaller class sizes, more art and music programs and job security.

Marketplace's Sylvester Monroe visits his childhood home -- a demolished public housing project in Chicago -- to see who made it out and who's moving up the economic ladder.

Renters trying to find places in hot up-and-coming neighborhoods in Chicago find themselves facing big price increases and stiff competition.