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Posted inBlogs

J.B. Pritzker, Pat Quinn win top spots on March 2018 primary ballot, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the state senate plans public hearings on Illinois Veterans Home deaths.

Posted inBlogs

Former president Barack Obama reports for Cook County jury duty, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd November 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Chance the Rapper slams Emanuel’s plan to build $95 million police training academy.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago has a real shot at hosting World Cup games in 2026, and other news

by Kate Shepherd October 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Illinois house failed to pass a ban on semiautomatic rifle bump stocks.

Posted inBlogs

The Illinois house failed to override Rauner’s veto of ‘right-to-work’ zone ban by one vote, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd October 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.

Posted inBlogs

Illinois school funding bill waits on Rauner’s desk after house and senate pass it, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan sues the city to enforce police reform.

Posted inBlogs

Report: Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda may not perform as Alexander Hamilton in Chicago, and other news

by Kate Shepherd August 24, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, parolees can no longer be arrested for being spotted with a gang member in Illinois.

Posted inBlogs

Illinois senate overrides Rauner’s amendatory veto of the school funding bill, and other news

by Kate Shepherd August 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, hundreds of Chicagoans gathered Sunday to denounce racism and bigotry after the violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville.

Posted inBlogs

Rauner vetoes school funding bill, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the number of homicides in Chicago in 2017 is now on pace to exceed 2016 levels.

Posted inBlogs

Notorious Cubs fan Steve Bartman receives a 2016 World Series ring, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 1, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Chicago reportedly needs $1.3 billion in new revenue and spending cuts by 2023.

Posted inBlogs

A teenager who disappeared in the 1970s identified as a victim of John Wayne Gacy, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer wants to move the first-degree murder trial out of Cook County.

Posted inBlogs

Springfield’s ongoing feuding with CPS could stop funding for other Illinois schools if a deal isn’t reached soon, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, an audit shows that Chicago’s pension crisis has gotten worse but the city has more cash.

Posted inBlogs

Lockdown at the Illinois State Capitol delays house override of Rauner’s budget veto, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Chicago is raising $2.5 million less than anticipated from its seven-cent bag tax.

Posted inBlogs

More than 100 people were shot and 15 killed over the long weekend, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 6, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Michael Madigan delays the Illinois house vote to override Rauner’s veto of the budget package and income tax hike until Thursday.

Posted inBlogs

The two-year Illinois budget stalemate is expected to end this week with a house vote, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the New York Daily News slams Rahm’s “DUMB TRACK MIND.”

Posted inBlogs

Emanuel urges Trump to increase federal gas tax, stop slamming Chicago, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 4, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Standard & Poor’s calls the Illinois house’s actions a “crucial step” to end budget stalemate.

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