Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will not seek a third term. Emanuel made the stunning announcement Tuesday morning in a hastily drawn together press conference on the 5th floor of City Hall. “This […]
Rahm Emanuel Will Not Seek Re-election
Pritzker Takes Heat Over Union Busting, Prosecutors File Motion to Revoke Van Dyke Bail, IDOC Sued – Third Coast Today 08-31-18
Pritzker Criticized for Alleged Union Busting, Commits to Talking with Workers Billionaire gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker faced criticism for one of his companies engaging in an attempt to bust unionization efforts by […]
Chicago Continues to Remember ’68 DNC, “Anti Bait Truck” Event Gives Away 10,000 Shoes, Rauner Vetoes More Legislation – Third Coast Today 08-27-18
“Anti Bait Truck” Event Gives Away 10,000 Pairs of Shoes Rapper Vic Mensa’s SaveMoneySafeLife Foundation gave away thousands of pairs of shoes at an “anti bait truck” event in Englewood Sunday as […]
Critics Blast Rauner For Veto, Pritzker Leads In New Poll – Third Coast Today 08-22-18
Governor Rauner Criticized for HB4469 Veto Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is taking heat for an amendatory veto of a bill that would’ve expanded voter education and access in Illinois jails. The legislation, […]
Polling Shows Emanuel Isn’t Invincible, Activists to Mark ’68 DNC–Third Coast Today 08-21-18
Early Polls Show Support for Emanuel, But a Runoff Election is Likely New polling shows Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel with a commanding lead over most of his potential challengers in the 2019 […]
AG Madigan Sues Over Trump Tower, Nazi Chased From Board Meeting, Billionaire Vs. Billionaire – Third Coast Today 08-15-18
Illinois AG Madigan Files Suit Alleging Trump Tower Violates Clean Water Laws Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed suit against the operators of Trump International Hotel and Tower, alleging President Trump’s hotel […]
Aloha Poke Faces Protests, CPD Verbally Tussles with Vic Mensa, Shooting Numbers Down – Third Coast Today 08-13-18
Chicago Police Threaten to Arrest Vic Mensa at Bud Billiken Parade Rapper Vic Mensa, who served as grand marshal of this year’s 89th annual Bud Billiken Parade, got into a verbal altercation […]
Responses to Chicago Violence Highlight ‘Tale of Two Cities’ Narrative – Third Coast Today 08-10-18
Violence in Chicago communities doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and its causes and effects aren’t simply a matter of putting more police on the street. In Friday’s edition of “Today,” we take […]
Duckworth Visits Shelter For Immigrant Children, Fallout From Exceptionally Violent Weekend Continues – Third Coast Today 08-07-18
Duckworth Visits Shelter for Immigrant Children Plagued by Accusations of Abuse U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) toured Heartland Alliance’s Casa Guadalupe shelter Monday after allegations of physical and emotional abuse surfaced in […]
Giuliani Endorses McCarthy for Mayor, Chicagoans Fight For Rent Control, Neighborhood Tries to Save ‘Healing Village’ – Third Coast Today 8-6-18
Rudy Giuliani Endorses Garry McCarthy for Mayor Former New York City Mayor and staunch Trump loyalist Rudy Giuliani endorsed former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy for mayor over the weekend in the […]
Lake Shore Shutdown, Emanuel Lawsuit, Saving Woodlawn’s Healing Village – Third Coast Today 8/3/18
In this inaugural edition of the all new Third Coast Today on Friday, August 3, we take a look at the anti-violence march that shut down Lake Shore Drive, the struggle to […]
Obama Endorses Six Illinois Democrats Running in 2018 Midterms
Former President Barack Obama endorsed six Illinois candidates running for office on Wednesday, along with a host of other Democrats across the country. “I’m proud to endorse such a wide and impressive […]
