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The Democrats running to replace State’s Attorney Kim Foxx answer five key questions
Voting ends in the Democratic primary to replace Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx three weeks from tomorrow, 3/19. The candidates are univers…
2 years, 1 month ago
Longtime Cook County tax appeal commissioner faces big-money push to replace him
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is making an expensive push to unseat one of three people elected to check his work. Kaegi is spending hundreds o…
2 years, 1 month ago
Chicago Board of Education votes to remove police from schools
The Chicago Board of Education has approved a measure calling for police officers to be pulled out of schools next year. It’s a reversal of a deci…
2 years, 1 month ago
Gov. JB Pritzker proposes $52.7 billion spending plan
The governor wants to put more money toward education and child welfare while continuing to care for the influx of migrants.
2 years, 1 month ago
State’s attorney candidate Clayton Harris III pledges to ‘chart my own course’ despite being party pick
During her two terms as Cook County state’s attorney, Kim Foxx attracted controversy and criticism. She also won elections in landslides. Foxx…
2 years, 1 month ago
Eileen O’Neill Burke says she’s running for State’s Attorney because ‘our justice system is not working’
Persistent gun violence. A fear of carjackings and armed robberies. They are several of the MANY problems Cook County’s next top prosecutor will …
2 years, 1 month ago
Geothermal pilot project launches in Chicago
Deep below the surface of the earth could be an answer to power homes more efficiently – and fight climate change. Reporter: Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco…
2 years, 1 month ago
After Illinois banned assault weapons, rural gun owners registered very few of them
A new law allowed gun owners to keep assault weapons if they disclosed them. Illinois county registration rates ranged from 0.5% to 1.8%. Reporters: …
2 years, 1 month ago
After 27 years in prison, a 54-year-old is now getting his Ph.D.
Gov. JB Pritzker commuted Johnny Pippins’s sentence. Now he’s adjusting to campus life in Iowa — and educating his classmates in the process. Reporte…
2 years, 1 month ago
U.S. Rep. Danny Davis faces a hard reelection fight as he faces challenges from fellow Democrats
Davis’s Democratic challengers say it’s time for the incumbent congressman to step aside. But Davis says he has valuable seniority. Reporter: Mariah …
2 years, 1 month ago