Madigan, Cullerton agree to Quinn's plan for pension reform panel

Legislative leaders Monday agreed to Gov. Pat Quinn's plan for a joint House-Senate conference committee to tackle the state's pension crisis, only days after House Speaker Michael Madigan called the idea "an effort by the governor to distance himself from the process."

• Man in sex-slave case denies beating, raping wife

  

  He’s accused of being a violent sadist and “slave master” who kept his Gold Coast wife as a “sex slave” against her will. But wealthy Wisconsin businessman Kevin Anderson testified Tuesday that it was his accuser, Kim O’Brien, who introduced him to the kinky world of bondage and sadomasochism.
• Broad support for banning plastic bags at City Council hearing
• Study: Chicagoans spend $300 million yearly on unused data for cellphones
  Updated: 2013-06-18 19:10:06
• Clock ticking on 28 Chicago Public Schools
  Updated: 2013-06-18 19:07:11
• Union president Karen Lewis wants to collaborate with CPS
  Updated: 2013-06-18 18:58:29
• Woman sexually assaulted near NW Side CTA station
• Group wants to revive old Maxim’s on Gold Coast