The Cook County Board passed a $3 million budget amendment on Thursday to fund a foreclosure prevention program.

Chicago transit riders won't have to pay more to ride next year. Instead, the Regional Transit Authority is issuing $166.6 worth of bond money to mend the Chicago Transit Authority's budget deficits for the next two years.

Lewis A. Jordan, CEO of Chicago Housing Authority, discusses the positive transformation of public housing and CHA's goal of completing the transformation by 2015

An expanded anti-violence program attempts to show young men how to turn their energy toward positive results. The program’s designer and one of his students talk about the program and the frustrations of fatherlessness in urbanyouth.

A new anti-violence program for adolescent boys is being launched this month in 15 schools throughout the city. Roberto Clemente students and program participants talk about the way the program has impacted their lives.

A Fannie Mae official said people must know how to deal with their lender when facing foreclosure. These simple steps can alleviate confusion and even save you from losing your home.

How would you like a phone call from your congressman? When Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez and two fellow legislators picked up the phone Wednesday night to talk immigration reform, turnout was lower than expected in Chicago. But for those who listened, the message got through.

On Wednesday, up to 100 area needy men and women will share their meal in a crowded storefront on Diversey Avenue. The New Community Covenant Church's warming center in Logan Square has been providing services for Chicagoans in need for six years without any government subsidies.

A documentary filmmaker discusses her latest project, the first full-length documentary made about Helena Modrzejewska – a leading 19th century stage actress who achieved international acclaim. The film was completed in 2009 to celebrate the centennial of Modrzejewska's death.

Animal activists and representatives from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals accused Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Wednesday night of animal cruelty, urging kids to go elsewhere to see animals.

After the owner of the Hopleaf was an innocent victim of the credit crunch, he had nowhere to turn to expand his business -- until he connected with money from the stimulus.

Analysis of 2008 primary races shows that new proposed limits on party spending -- part of a bill that went to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk Tuesday -- would have made little difference in party spending in those races. Reform advocates say the bill is still a step forward.

With the loss of two major trade shows this week, city officials are scrambling to find ways to recapture convention business. They hoped Chicago’s leading position in green certified hotels would make the difference, but it has yet to pay off.   

Tinley Park was named the best place in the U.S. to raise a family Wednesday, just a few days after two hate crimes aimed at Muslims living in the village. Arab-Americans say they aren't surprised by the incidents in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings.

One of the biggest issues facing America today is how to better understand the people of the Middle East and Muslim World. In her new book "A Country Called Amreeka: Arab Roots, American Stories," Syrian-American civil rights lawyer Alia Malek argues for a more nuanced perspective of the Arab population in our own backyard.