ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) " A new report on child welfare that found more U.S. children living in poverty than before the Great Recession belies the fanfare of the nation's economic turnaround.Twenty-two percent of American children...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) " A new report on child welfare that found more U.S. children living in poverty than before the Great Recession belies the fanfare of the nation's economic turnaround.Twenty-two percent of American children...

Economic recovery hasn’t helped many families return to pre-2008 recession security, and the number of children growing up in poverty is steadily increasing

July 23--Chicago's housing market continued its rebound last month as existing-home sales in the nine-county area grew 14.2 percent in June from last year -- to their highest level since 2006.

July 21--Aetna's agreement to acquire rival Humana would further concentrate the business of selling private Medicare plans to seniors in Illinois, according to data provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

July 22--As the economic woes of Greece and China bubbled to the surface and tugged at the stock market in the last couple of weeks, investors might have thought: Not again!