A lawyer for House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) has threatened Local Government Information Services, which owns this publication, via two cease-and-desist letters after reporters asked questions about the legislator.
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Illinois Democrat gubernatorial hopefuls’ support for legal marijuana is effectively inviting the industry dubbed Big Tobacco 2.0 into the state, the founder of a marijuana industry pushback group said during a recent interview.
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Joseph Ocol embraces his role as coach of the Earle Stem Elementary School chess team, saying it’s much more than teaching a game.
Brian McCann was forced to relive his pain all over again with the recent verdict in the Kate Steinle case in California.
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) senses one of the keys to taking down Gov. Bruce Rauner in the 2018 Republican primary lies in reminding voters just how little they really seem to know about him. “You look at his record and what he said on the campaign trail when we all helped to elect him,” Ives said during a recent appearance on “Chicago’s Morning Answer” radio show on WIND.
1-833-2FINDHELP is the state’s helpline number opioid-addicted residents can call for immediate help.
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Jim Dodge argues that the way Illinois lawmakers have allowed the state’s runaway debt to accumulate is almost as depressing as the liability itself.
Candidates for various political positions in Illinois last week filed to run in the upcoming elections, including Jason Helland, who is running for secretary of state.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) made it official on Monday that she is challenging incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary. After three years in office, Rauner nearly went out of his way to invite the challenge, according to a cover story for the Dec. 18 edition of the nation’s leading conservative magazine, National Review.
U.S. Peter Roskam (R-IL) recently weighed in on attempts at federal tax reform during an appearance on “Chicago Morning Answer” radio program on WIND.