Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson Loses Bid For Third Term In Democratic Primary
Lake County Assessor Jerome Prince appears to have defeated Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson in Tuesday's Democratic primary elections.
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Lake County Assessor Jerome Prince appears to have defeated Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson in Tuesday's Democratic primary elections.
The report covers the years 2015 through 2017 and points to an agency understaffed and overwhelmed.
The official ceremony is to begin at 10 a.m. and include several musical performances including the Chicago Sinfonietta, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance and Latin Music Program and the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus. The inauguration is open to the public and tickets are free.
The smoke is finally clearing around Gov. JB Prtizker's plan to legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois, but is the motivation morality or money? And who stands to gain the most if pot becomes legal?
The legislation would also encourage carriers to use technology to stop what's called spoofing. That's where the scammers put a bogus number on the caller ID.
Microsoft officials said the ElectionGuard development kit will be provided free of charge as part of its Defending Democracy Program. They also announced a cut-rate Office 365 application suite for political parties and campaigns at a 75 percent discount, the price they charge nonprofits.
"I am at fault for being impatient. I take it. I'm happy about that because sometimes a political system with a lot of fixed interests needs a little impatience in it."
Susan Bayh previously underwent brain surgery in 2015 to remove a benign tumor. She says she appreciates the many prayer letters she's received from the people of Indiana.
Newly released police body camera video shows Illinois State Rep. Kambium Buckner (D-Chicago) undergoing field sobriety tests the night he was arrested for driving under the influence in Springfield in March.
A day after going on strike, hundreds of staff members at the City Colleges of Chicago have reached a tentative contract agreement and will head back to work.
The Chicago Police Department is preparing its plan to fight violent crime this summer, but Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot already has some tough talk about the department's handling of rowdy crowds of teenagers in recent weeks.
The Illinois River is infested with several varieties of Asian carp, which were imported decades ago to cleanse Southern sewage lagoons and fish farms but escaped into the Mississippi River and invaded many of its tributaries.
More than a week after the results of the city's runoff elections were declared official, Ald. Deb Mell (33rd) has ended her bid for a recount and conceded to challenger Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez.
She says the delegation wanted to show its support for the people of Iraq "and express our hope that Iraq will be an independent, strong country and a close ally of the United States for many years to come."
Lugar, a foreign policy expert and longtime Republican senator from Indiana, died Sunday at age 87.
