(The Center Square) – The Chicago City Council on Monday approved a new budget without a property-tax increase, but many aldermen say the mayor still needs to cut spending. The council voted 27-23 in favor of a $17.1 billion dollar budget, which includes a $40 million loan. Protesters disrupted Monday’s meeting multiple times as aldermen […]
(The Center Square) – Former Illinois State Rep. Eddie Acevedo’s testimony in a high-profile corruption case got off to a bumpy start Monday with a contempt warning from the judge. Judge John Robert Blakey told Acevedo that if he forgets to bring his glasses to court again Tuesday, he could be held in contempt. His […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is delivering remarks to young leaders in Maryland as she has just over a month left in office. Harris is expected to begin speaking from Largo, Maryland, at 11:35 a.m. EST. The White House said the speech will be given to “young leaders who are active and engaged in their local […]
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) announced she would not serve on committees and would boycott the GOP conference meetings next year, ridiculing the “circuses” that have dominated the House. While Spartz said she would remain a member of the Republican Party, she said her time would be better spent working on President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of […]
The shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday left three people dead, including the shooter, and several others wounded, just over a week before Christmas. Less than 24 hours after police rushed to the scene of the shooting at the K-12 school in Wisconsin’s capital city, the suspected gunman is dead, […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on legalized sports betting at 10 a.m. Former NFL player Johnson Bademosi, NCAA President Charlie Baker, gambling counselor Harry Levant, former New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck, and National Council on Problem Gambling President Keith Whyte will be testifying. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE […]
First lady Jill Biden taught her last English class at Northern Virginia Community College last week. Biden, 73, is the first woman to continue working outside the White House while serving as first lady. She began teaching in northern Virginia in 2009 when her husband Joe Biden was elected vice president. Even after his term […]
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is fighting to keep Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) out of a senior position on an important committee. Despite her absence from the Capitol as she recovers from hip replacement surgery in Luxembourg, Pelosi has been whipping votes to kill Ocasio-Cortez’s bid to become the ranking member on the House Oversight […]
Nuclear winter Russia is moving through the Arctic at less than a glacial pace to establish itself as a power player in the area. It has raced to modernize Soviet-era bases and stock the region with its nuclear forces to project its power and make sure the United States and NATO understand that it plans […]
‘IT’S A BRAND-NEW ECOSYSTEM’: In a teleconference with reporters and an appearance on Fox News, John Kirby, White House national security communications adviser, is telling skeptical Americans — including lawmakers and even President-elect Donald Trump — that what they see in the sky is simply an anodyne sign of the times. “We’re in a new […]
