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Rauner isn’t going to end the budget stalemate

June 15, 2018 at 6:56 a.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner made it clear during a speech in Oak Lawn on Wednesday that the budget stalemate in Springfield is unlikely to end soon by emphasizing once more his...

A new era as historic Evergreen Plaza is demolished

June 16, 2018 at 2:44 p.m.

They're supposed to begin tearing down the old Evergreen Plaza today to make way for a new mall. It's historic in that it was the first regional mall in the...

Linda Riley, right, 61, leads a prayer circle during a candlelight vigil in Roseburg, Ore., late on Oct. 1, 2015, for the people killed and wounded in a shooting that day at Umpqua Community College.

Mass murder and the definition of insanity

June 16, 2018 at 2:16 p.m.

Listening to President Barack Obama talk about last week's mass murder in Oregon made me wonder if the inmates are running the asylum. The oft-repeated definition of insanity as doing...

Balmoral Park Racetrack in Crete, which opened in 1926, will close at the end of the year after getting no racing dates for 2016 from the Illinois Racing Board.

Historic Balmoral Park to close next year

May 21, 2019 at 6:01 p.m.

Historic Balmoral Park in Crete, which has hosted horse racing since 1926 when it opened as Lincoln Fields, will be forced to close next year due to a decision by...

Kadner: Mayors push to release tax money due towns

June 15, 2018 at 7:00 a.m.

Suburban mayors are stepping up pressure on the state to release millions of dollars in motor fuel and gambling tax revenue and other funds that have been blocked since the...

The Ludwig's Feed Store, 13205 131st Street, and nearby farm are part of a land annexation dispute between Palos Park and Lemont.

Kadner: Palos-Lemont land war going to county board

May 21, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has made the annexation of nearly 62-square miles of unincorporated land into nearby municipalities a top priority of her administration, but the recent land...

Tricia Krause, a former resident of Crestwood, has three children who all have medical issues which Krause believes were caused by vinyl chloride in the Crestwood drinking water. Photographed in Orland Park on Tuesday, March 31, 2009.

Kadner: The sorry history of Crestwood’s water scandal

May 21, 2019 at 5:59 p.m.

Everybody who worked in Crestwood knew you didn't question Mayor Chester Stranczek when he gave an order. So when he told two employees to mix water from a contaminated well...

Rep. Bob Rita, D-Blue Island in a photo from Wednesday, May 29, 2013.(E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

State gaming board slams door on casino malls

May 21, 2019 at 5:58 p.m.

Illinois Gaming Board members attempted to shut down the development of "casino malls" on Tuesday, voting unanimously to reject the video license applications of three operators who hoped to open...

Harvey schools chief questions district spending

May 21, 2019 at 5:58 p.m.

The superintendent in Harvey School District 152 has filed a federal lawsuit against the school board, claiming that it reneged on a promise to extend her contract by a year...

In this April 16, 2014, file photo, Illinois state Rep. Bob Rita, D-Blue Island, presides over a hearing on gaming legislation in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Illinois’ sorry addition to gambling

June 16, 2018 at 3:27 p.m.

When it comes to gambling, the State of Illinois acts like an addict constantly searching for the thrill of a victory, incapable of rational thought, and always in need of...

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