Tag: Illinois

I voted for Bruce Rauner in 2014, thinking he would be, short of moving, the closest I would get to having Scott Walker as my governor. Instead, I just ended up with Bruce Rauner, Pat Quinn-lite. (AP)

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I wanted Scott Walker, I ended up with Bruce Rauner

Matt Lamb · February 27, 2018 10:20 pm

Mark Janus, a soft-spoken record-keeper for the Illinois Department of Public Health, sued his workplace's union over a $50 fee it receives that automatically gets deducted from his paycheck every month although he never joined the union. Janus argues that violates his First Amendment rights. Now, the case is making its way to the Supreme Court.

Unions are the free riders, says government worker challenging labor fees at Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · February 24, 2018 5:01 am

"It's really, really good. Diversity!" Gov. Bruce Rauner said. (Twitter)

Illinois governor drinks chocolate milk to show he’s committed to diversity

Caitlin Yilek · February 22, 2018 8:25 pm

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., will not be able to receive Holy Communion in his home diocese after his recent vote against a bill that would have banned late-term abortions. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Catholic bishop barred Dick Durbin from receiving Holy Communion after his abortion vote

Katie Leach · February 22, 2018 5:02 pm

Protesters at the Rally for Gun Reform took to the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

Students across the country stage walkouts to protest gun violence one week after Florida shooting

Diana Stancy Correll · February 21, 2018 10:59 pm

Dr. Dan Lonergan, a pain specialist who also focuses on addiction, left, treats patient Jeff McCoy at his practice in Franklin, Tenn., Monday, June 5, 2017. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy in America fell in 2016, with the rise of heart disease and drug-related overdoses being key factors in the uptick in deaths. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Doctor shortage making it harder to fight opioid abuse, study finds

Robert King · February 21, 2018 7:27 pm

U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor Erik Gordon, left, helps passenger Ronan Pabhye navigate one of the new facial recognition kiosks at a United Airlines gate before boarding a flight to Tokyo on July 12, 2017, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. The Trump administration intends to require that American citizens boarding international flights submit to face scans, something Congress has not explicitly approved and privacy advocates consider an ill-advised step toward a surveillance state. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Is it time to crack down on facial recognition?

Steven Nelson · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Richard Trumka, the AFL-CIO's president, announced a "Working People's Day of Action" for Feb. 24, the Saturday before the Supreme Court hears Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The Janus case questions whether public-sector workers can be forced to join or otherwise financially support their workplace's unions as a condition of employment. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

AFL-CIO plans ‘day of action’ for major Supreme Court labor case

Sean Higgins · February 15, 2018 11:22 pm

Rep. Robin Kelly's bill would raise the cap to 20 percent if the extra produce is sold or donated in "food deserts," poorer areas where high-quality groceries are lacking. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP)

Illinois lawmakers take on ‘food deserts’

Steven Nelson · February 13, 2018 5:00 am

The GOP Distances Itself From Holocaust Denier Set to Win Illinois Primary

Kaylee McGhee White · February 7, 2018 7:45 pm

Arthur Jones, 70, has run for elected offices in Illinois and Wisconsin numerous times since the 1970s, but never came close to winning. He's expected to secure the GOP nomination in the March 20 primary because he's the only candidate on the Republican ballot. (Screenshot, via Arthur Jones' website)

Neo-Nazi poised to be GOP nominee in Illinois says he’s not a ‘single-issue candidate’

Steven Nelson · February 7, 2018 7:11 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker speaks at an event joined by African-American supporters in Chicago on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, where he apologized for newly released FBI wiretaps capturing him making racially insensitive comments during a call with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, including saying Secretary of State Jesse White, left, was the "least offensive" African American to appoint to a Senate seat. (Marcus DiPaola/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

FBI wiretapped Illinois governor candidate discussing ‘the African-American thing’ with Rod Blagojevich in 2008

Katelyn Caralle · February 7, 2018 12:23 am