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Negotiations Continue on Property Tax Reform Bill
House Assistant Majority Leader Will Davis, Revenue Committee Chairman Mike Zalewski, and Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi met Tuesday afternoon with representatives of labor unions and industry interest groups to… Read more
Tammy Duckworth: ‘I think every Memorial Day about the guys from Illinois that never made it home’
By Charles Mills Effingham Daily News U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth spends Memorial Day honoring her friends in the military who have fallen and the heroic soldiers who kept her from… Read more
Civil War general from Illinois considered creator of Memorial Day
By Charles Mills Effingham Daily News Civil War General John A. Logan is credited with creating what we know today as Memorial Day, according to the executive director of the… Read more
Memorable Weekend
By: Ashmar Mandou Escape the hustle and bustle of Chicago’s congestion with a weekend escape to nearby cities promising a more peaceful and serene environment. Door County, Wisconsin The 100-step… Read more
Annual Printers Row Lit Fest Kicks Off Chicago’s Festival Season
The 35th annual Printers Row Lit Fest, presented by the Near South Planning Board, is proud to announce its participating authors and programming highlights. The much-anticipated 2019 Printers Row Lit… Read more
Navy Pier’s Free Wellness Series Returns to Chicago’s Lakefront This Summer
For the third consecutive year, Navy Pier guests will have the opportunity to participate in the Pier’s popular outdoor wellness series, Summer Fitness Supported by LifeStart, featuring free workout sessions… Read more
Memorial Day Weekend in Chicago
By: Ashmar Mandou Widely known as the “unofficial kick-off” to the summer, Memorial Day weekend is a time when neighborhoods become more lively, families lay out blankets for a lakefront… Read more
New Mayor Promises to do More
By: Ashmar Mandou Lori E. Lightfoot on Monday was sworn in as the 56th Mayor of Chicago with her wife, Amy Eshleman, and daughter, Vivian, at her side. Thousands of… Read more
Cientos en el Rally Show en Apoyo a Roe vs. Wade
En respuesta a una legislación que prohibe el aborto en algunos estados del país – la mayoría recientemente incluyendo a Georgia, Alabama y el vecino Missouri – cientos de partidarios… Read more
The Forgotten Refugees
By Daniel Nardini There are many news reports about what is happening in Venezuela and of the Venezuelan refugees. This is not surprising because an estimated 3.4 million Venezuelans have… Read more »