Retired Chicago political reporters talk about today's polarized country
Mike Flannery, Derrick Blakley, and Craig Dellimore are three of Chicago's most respected journalists.
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Mike Flannery, Derrick Blakley, and Craig Dellimore are three of Chicago's most respected journalists.
Jim Williams recently sat down for a roundtable discussion with his former CBS News Chicago colleagues Derrick Blakley and Mike Flannery, and the recently retired Craig Dellimore of WBBM Newsradio, to discuss their careers, today's politics in their splintered and hostile state.
The CTA has announced a $33 million program to install thousands of new high definition cameras, as well as new video monitors at its train stations.
West Suburban business leaders have been warned sexual harassment complaints can arise from behavior that might not meet the legal definition of harassment, but still must be dealt with.
A West side lawmakers is joining others to call for some merchants to stop selling a dangerous synthetic drug.
Several Republican officials demand that Winfield Township GOP chair Burt Minor end his campaign for a Illinois House seat.
Eight Democrats and one Republican running for Illinois Attorney General took part in a debate at the Thompson Center.
A state lawmaker is pushing a measure that would crack down on drug manufacturers that unjustifiably raise the prices of generic prescription drugs.
Berrios says the aldermen voted for the highest property tax increase in history, while he's been doing outreach in communities of color.
"Congress by now should have passed a law to ban them. Period."
Jeanne Ives is lashing out at Gov. Bruce Rauner over new cases of Legionnaires' Disease at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy.
Alderman Quinn hadn't been seen in public much since his brother was fired for sexually harassing a campaign worker working for Speaker Mike Madigan's political committees.
Aldermen held another hearing Tuesday morning on reports of sexual harassment at two Ford Motor Company plants in Chicago, and how those complaints were handled.
The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition launched a new statewide conversation on clean energy.
Students have called for a 17-minute walkout in March to "protest Congress' inaction to do more than tweet thoughts and prayers."
The Democratic primary is a head-to-head contest between incumbent Assessor Joseph Berrios and newcomer Fritz Kaegi.
Assessor Joseph Berrios vows to make any changes recommended by an independent team that's found fault with the county's assessment system.
Gov. Bruce Rauner calls for gradually shifting the burden of paying for teacher pensions from the state to local school districts.
One North Side alderman is mourning 18th District Commander Paul Bauer and praising his work and his ideas about youth crime.
A 28-year-old political consultant who accused a longtime aide to House Speaker Mike Madigan of sexual harassment accused the speaker's office of a cover-up, and said the staffer, Kevin Quinn, never would have been fired if she hadn't decided to go public with her story.
The men who are suing Chicago, the police and prosecutors for wrongful convictions said the police who coerced confessions from them did the same thing to others.
Not only are the Obamas the first African-American president and first lady, but the artists who painted their portraits – Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald – are the first black painters to be commissioned by the gallery to create official presidential portraits.
"The greater and more expanded use of naloxone is a key focus of our efforts."
Democratic Attorney General candidate is taking a dim view of a suggestion that Illinois consider taxing retirement benefits to help balance the budget.
Governor Rauner said he's very troubled by reports that a Think Tank he once relied on may be engaged in some questionable financial arrangements.
