Tag: Illinois

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks during a news conference Tuesday, March 26, 2019, after prosecutors abruptly dropped all charges against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, abandoning the case barely five weeks after he was accused of lying to police about being the target of a racist, anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago.

Chicago police respond after 52 people shot, 10 killed over violent weekend

John Gage · June 3, 2019 4:10 pm

The Illinois legislature is expected to return later this month to close a deal to subsidize nuclear plants, as Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, legislators, environmental groups, and labor unions are motivated to preserve thousands of jobs.

Illinois expands abortion rights amid stringent bans across the US

Cassidy Morrison · June 1, 2019 4:55 pm

These policies don't just hurt the marijuana industry. They hurt everyone and take away rightful powers from the states. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)

Illinois poised to make recreational marijuana legal

Grayce McCormick · June 1, 2019 1:52 pm

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his first budget address on to a joint session of the Illinois House and Senate at the Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield, Ill.

Beltway Confidential

Extreme abortion bill passes state legislature. Somehow, the uproar is missing

Ryan Everson · May 29, 2019 10:07 pm

Beltway Confidential

Illinois plans to self-destruct

Tom Rogan · May 29, 2019 1:19 pm

Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., is met by reporters as he leaves the Democratic Caucus leadership elections at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.

Democrats cancel fundraiser for their own congressman because of his anti-abortion views

Zach Halaschak · May 23, 2019 10:01 pm

Chicago police watch over a home in Chicago, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, where Marlen Ochoa-Lopez was found strangled and her baby cut from her womb. Police and family members said Ochoa-Lopez went to the home in response to a Facebook offer of free baby clothes.

Chicago baby torn from womb of murdered mother is in ‘grave condition’

Julio Rosas · May 16, 2019 9:27 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012, file photo, soldiers salute the U.S. flag during the Pledge of Allegiance at a welcome home ceremony for soldiers returning from a deployment in Afghanistan, at Fort. Carson, Colo. For veterans, the GI Bill can be the ticket to a debt-free college education.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Military appreciation means leaving no one, active duty or veteran, behind

Rep. Adam Kinzinger · May 9, 2019 4:00 am

Emergency personnel work at the scene of an explosion at AB Specialty Silicones on Sunset Ave. and Northwestern Ave. on the border between Gurnee, Ill., and Waukegan on Saturday, May 4, 2019.

1 body found, 2 more believed dead in Illinois plant blast

Associated Press · May 4, 2019 10:04 pm

A sign seen at Gross' Burgers in Illinois.

Illinois restaurant owner standing by pro-USMC, anti-Arab bumper sticker

Julio Rosas · April 30, 2019 9:54 pm

Seamen Jose Lopez, 18, left, from Ponce, Puerto Rico, and Brian Bitar, 19, from Miami, Fla., look for a cab outside the main gate of Great Lakes Naval Station after completing basic training and hospital corpsman school in Great Lakes, Ill., Friday, May 13, 2005.

National Security

Recruit collapses, dies at Navy boot camp in second incident

Steven Nelson · April 27, 2019 7:58 pm

In this Jan. 24, 2015 file photo, Chris Bridges holds a sign for The Satanic Temple during a protest outside of an all-day prayer rally headlined by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in Baton Rouge.

Satanic Temple says IRS designated it as tax-exempt church

Caitlin Yilek · April 25, 2019 10:34 pm