(The Center Square) – An environmentalist and Chicago professor says asthma cases and respiratory disease cases are on the rise, possibly due to the Chicago Park district cutting down mature trees. Environmentalist groups are calling for a Chicago Lakefront National park designation amidst the park district’s plans to cut more trees down for projects associated […]
(The Center Square) – Despite a hefty taxpayer price tag, several states are requiring cities to transition their public transportation to emitting zero greenhouse gasses. Since 2022, seven states have passed laws to transition to zero-emission school buses. In Illinois, a law passed last year requiring all transit agencies to purchase zero-emission buses by 2026. […]
(The Center Square) – With the city of Chicago ranking as one of the most stressful places to live in the country in a new WalletHub survey, Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller says there’s a good reason why so many area residents feel the malaise that they do. “J.B. Pritzker has destroyed safety and security […]
(The Center Square) – Continuing the unification of the Republican Party, Michigan’s U.S. Senate race got into a new lane Saturday when Mike Rogers accepted an endorsement from Sandy Pensler as he ceased his campaign. The men were invited to the stage of former President Donald Trump during a rally at the Van Andel Arena […]
(The Center Square) – Surrounded by horse-riding police officers, ice cream trucks, and life-size cutouts of Republican nominee Donald Trump, tens of thousands of people waited in the heat for hours in a 2-mile long line stretching to the freeway. Roadside trucks sold beer, hats, and Trump-themed rubber ducks to those standing in line for […]
Former President Donald Trump says he was not warned about any security risk before the assassination attempt on his life, even though law enforcement was aware of a possible threat before the GOP leader walked onstage at a Pennsylvania rally. During an interview with the Republican presidential nominee, Fox News’s Jesse Watters asked Trump if […]
The U.S. Secret Service has admitted in a reversal that it has, in fact, denied several requests from the detail in charge of protecting former President Donald Trump over the last couple years. The admission from U.S. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi comes about a week before a lone gunman was able to graze Trump, […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) urged President Joe Biden to end his reelection campaign, citing growing Democratic concerns about Biden’s electability following last month’s debate. Manchin, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, emphasized the urgency of the situation during separate interviews on Sunday morning talk shows, saying he was making such calls “with a heavy heart,” […]
President Joe Biden’s blue wall of states that gave him his 2020 victory has crumbled under the weight of voter support for former President Donald Trump, threatening his reelection. In five of six battleground states that pushed Biden over the finish line first in 2020, Trump now leads. And in the sixth — Michigan — […]
MILWAUKEE — If there was a single unifying theme of the Republican National Convention, it was confidence in the leadership of former President Donald Trump. That’s not to say that making America safe, strong, and great again weren’t important parts of the Republican message over those four nights. But Republican delegates trust Trump to deliver on […]
