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The John Howell morning show reacted to this news on Thursday morning. Listen: https://www.wlsam.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/353/2016/05/Walking-Man.mp3   Chicago knows him as “The Walking...

The clock is still ticking on the legislative session in Springfield, and they seem to be no closer to coming up with a budget compromise. Prisons, schools and the state’s bond rating at risk if...

While the NFL pledged money, held news conferences and issued media releases about its commitment to player health, safety and concussion research, the league also was engaged in a campaign to steer m...

Republican lawmakers in the House used a Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday to push for impeachment of Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen for what they see as his breaching “ev...

The two candidates likely to square off in November’s general election are both disliked or even hated by roughly six in 10 Americans, according to the results of the latest weekly NBC News/Surv...

The parking meters and garages in Chicago took in $156 million in 2015. The city didn't see any of that money, thanks to Mayor Daley. Chris Fusco from the Sun Times joined John to talk about the fallo...

Governor Bruce Rauner and House Speaker Mike Madigan met with other party leaders in Springfield to try and find some common ground in the long running budget battle. There are nine days left to go in...

Hillary Clinton called out Donald Trump on Meet The Press. She said it's possible he's not releasing his taxes because he's not as successful as he claims. It’s just the start of what figures to...

A Chicago Alderman wants to offer $200 rebates as an incentive for homeowners to install exterior surveillance cameras. Theoretically, the cameras could then be linked to the city's existing camera ne...

President Barack Obama has lifted the arms export embargo on Vietnam, saying the decision is based on a desire to complete what has been a lengthy process of normalizing relations between the two gove...