Van Dyke Guilty of 2nd Degree Murder, Aggravated Assault Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty Friday of 2nd degree murder, along with 16 counts of aggravated assault—one for each […]
Latest Illinois Election Poll Shows Rauner Trailing, Voter Enthusiasm A new poll in the 2018 race for Illinois governor shows Democratic challenger billionaire JB Pritzker with a commanding lead over incumbent Republican […]
Clinton Campaigns for Pritzker Former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton campaigned for Democratic gubernatorial hopeful JB Pritzker Monday at a roundtable discussion with high school women. Clinton […]
More Chicago Hotel Workers Ratify New Contracts More striking Chicago hotel employees headed back to work over the weekend as workers at four more hotels ratified a new contract on Saturday. The […]
Chicago Police Ready to Expand Hours in Wake of Van Dyke Verdict Officials with the Chicago Police Department say they’re ready to cancel days off and expand hours when the trial of […]
Some Striking Hotel Workers Reach a Deal with Management Striking hotel workers at 9 of 26 Chicago hotels have reached a deal with management and ratified a contract. “On behalf of striking […]
I didn’t learn much from watching the first formal televised debate in the Illinois gubernatorial election Thursday evening. In fact, it was pretty much exactly what I expected. In one corner we […]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez Drafts Chuy Garcia to Run for Mayor Outgoing Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-4th) will not run for mayor of Chicago, but says he’s attempting to draft Cook County Commissioner Jesus […]
Jury Selection in Van Dyke Trial Resumes Jury selection for the murder trial of Jason Van Dyke – the former Chicago Police officer who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times, killing him – […]
At present, one current clear frontrunner in the 2019 Chicago mayor’s race is “undecided.” Polls with varying candidates – some announced, some who’ve been mulling runs, and some theoretical/wishful thinking – have […]
Obama Makes Midterm Election Speech at the University of Illinois Former President Barack Obama delivered a scathing speech on the state of the nation at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign on […]
Soon enough, Rahm Emanuel will no longer be mayor of Chicago. Emanuel, who’s occupied the fifth floor of City Hall since 2011, made that bombshell announcement on Tuesday, saying he wouldn’t seek […]
