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Leavitt: The wheels on the bus roll over Joe Biden
July 3, 2019

When Kamala Harris and Joe Biden are in the same room, the one who’s most old-fashioned is not necessarily 77-year-old Biden. Anyone who wants to go back to the days before we knew…
Leavitt: Iran just the latest to call Trump’s bluff
July 3, 2019

One of Donald Trump’s lawyers told me 15 years ago that threatening lawsuits was much better than actually suing. With lawsuit threats, Bernie Diamond said, people often give you…
Civil War Days event canceled again in Lake County
July 3, 2019

The 27th annual edition of the Civil War Days, which were slated to take place July 13-14, has been canceled for a second time, due to security concerns, and will not take place this…
Fireworks and more for The Fourth
July 2, 2019

From to ice cream socials to parades to large pyrotechnic events illuminating fields and lakes, the Northern Illinois region is set to mark the 243rd anniversary of the 13 American…
Deerfield resubmitting assault ban appeal
June 26, 2019

The Village Board of Deerfield was informed June 18 that its appeal of a permanent injunction placed on an assault weapons ban ordinance was stopped June 13 due to a procedural error,…
Pritzker with bipartisan support signs ethylene oxide laws
June 24, 2019

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed two pieces of bipartisan legislation Friday, June 21 to impose stricter limits in Illinois on ethylene oxide emissions from sterilization facilities and other…
Leavitt: The quiet heroism of paying your taxes
June 19, 2019

The inspiring tale of the Napa, California boy of 9 who used his accumulated $75 allowance to bail out the lunch debt of his less-fortunate schoolmates burned up the interwebs recently….
Federal investigators say open valves led to Beach Park ammonia spill
June 18, 2019

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its preliminary findings in a report indicating that the valves on two 1,000-gallon tanks, being towed by a tractor April 25, were…

Comptrollers race: Mendoza touts fiscal progress; Teresi focuses on recent corruption

October 4, 2022

SPRINGFIELD – When former Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democratic-controlled General Assembly spent more than two years at an impasse in negotiating a state budget from mid-2015 into…

U.S. Senate race: Duckworth, Salvi face off at media editors forum

October 4, 2022

The two candidates for Illinois’ U.S. Senate seat — both suburban women — challenged each other’s records on women’s rights, abortion access, guns and a bevy of other…

More than 490,000 across state get new COVID-19 booster

October 3, 2022

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported that 493,000 Illinoisans have received a dose of the new, bivalent COVID-19 vaccines since they were approved for use in early…

Pritzker considering SAFE-T Act changes; Bailey urges full repeal

September 30, 2022

Associated Press Media Editors host governor candidates in broad-ranging discussion SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker is considering changes to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform…

Illinois takes Equal Rights Amendment to appeals court

September 29, 2022

SPRINGFIELD – Attorneys for the state of Illinois joined their colleagues in Nevada and Virginia Wednesday, Sept. 28 in asking a federal appellate court to declare that the Equal…

State to reduce federal unemployment debt by $450 million

September 27, 2022

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a plan Tuesday, Sept. 27 to reduce a $1.8 billion Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund deficit by $450 million through an infusion of unemployment-related…

Leavitt: The wheels on the bus roll over Joe Biden

Leavitt: Iran just the latest to call Trump’s bluff

Civil War Days event canceled again in Lake County

Fireworks and more for The Fourth

Deerfield resubmitting assault ban appeal

Pritzker with bipartisan support signs ethylene oxide laws

Leavitt: The quiet heroism of paying your taxes

Federal investigators say open valves led to Beach Park ammonia spill

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