Joe Walsh on Why He's Skipping Obama's Jobs Speech Tonight
When President Obama takes the mic tonight for a jobs speech before a joint session of Congress tonight, Congressman Joe Walsh will not be in attendance. Instead, he’ll be flying home...
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Obama/Boehner Jobs Speech Mess: The Buck Stops with Bill Daley
When Bill Daley took over Rahm Emanuel’s job as President Obama’s chief of staff, the conventional wisdom had it that, finally, an adult was in the room. It may be...
WBEZ's 'The First 100': What I Would Have Asked, Had Rahm Taken Questions
On Eight Forty-Eight this morning, WBEZ aired its interview with Rahm Emanuel, in commemoration of the mayor’s first 100 days in office. The discussion, hosted by Alison Cuddy, was taped...
Jan Schakowsky: 'I Grew Up in a Different America'
On Friday, I posted part one of my interview with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, in which she promoted her new jobs bill and slammed the Republicans. Here's part two, in which...
Jan Schakowsky Blasts Republicans, Promotes Her Jobs Bill
Read the second part of the interview here.
Tim Johnson on the Redistricting Map, the Debt Ceiling, Ron Paul, and More
The issue of redistricting congressional maps is back in the news, with the League of Women Voters of Illinois filing a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming that the new maps are...
Post Office Closings in Chicago—Will Low-Income Neighborhoods Bear the Brunt?
With the United States Postal Service losing $8.5 billion last year, some 3,653 post offices nationwide (out of 31,871) are being reviewed for possible closing. Illinois carries the dubious distinction...
Edward Klein's Latest Subject—the Obamas and Valerie Jarrett in the White House
Ed Klein, the former editor of The New York Times Magazine (1977-87) and foreign editor of Newsweek, was in Chicago this week to conduct interviews for his latest biography—this one...
The Morning After: Randy Hultgren Discusses His 'No' Vote on Debt Ceiling
While Rep. Randy Hultgren thinks Speaker John Boehner and his lieutenants did a masterful job in this messy debt-ceiling debate, in the end, the freshman Republican congressman didn’t vote Boehner’s...
Quinn Appoints Ed Burke's Daughter to $117,000 Post—What's the Difference Between Him and Blago?
With one Illinois governor in prison and another waiting to go, the current gov, Pat Quinn, seems remarkably tone deaf to charges that he is rewarding his political benefactors with...