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Opponents say bill would deter protesters of energy industries in Illinois

— May 18, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Opponents of legislation that would create tougher penalties for intentional damage to critical infrastructure say the bill would actually infringe on an individual’s…

Leavitt: Dancing on the Dan Ryan to a boogie-woogie beat
— July 17, 2018

“You reach your destination, but alas and alack!/ You need some compensation to get back in the black/ You take your morning paper from the top of the stack/ And read the…
‘We all live with gun violence’ – People take to Chicago streets for March for Our Lives
— March 25, 2018

Lauren Heckathorne would love to change one thing about her job as a special education instructor. “I want more time with programs, not hiding children,” said the teacher at Park…
Preckwinkle seeks Palos official ouster after alleged ‘anti-Muslim’ posts
— July 16, 2017

Fallout over a Palos official’s allegedly “anti Muslim” Facebook posts continued as Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle asked Palos Township Trustee Sharon Brannigan…

Protests planned over immigrant children’s ‘outrageous treatment’
— June 22, 2018

Protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policies are being planned in a dozen Illinois cities. The protests will take place Saturday (June 30) as part of 463 rallies…
Illinois Senate moves gun-control measures forward
— March 19, 2018

State senators have approved three gun-control measures aimed at curbing the possibility of a future mass shooting. Senators last week passed bills banning bump stocks and trigger cranks…
Oak Park rallies to protest bigotry, hate
— November 12, 2016

Under breezy Saturday afternoon blue skies, more than 200 supporters turned out on Nov. 12 in Oak Park at Scoville Park for the Community for Unity Rally, organized by the Suburban…