Category Archives: Recently On WLS-AM
Illinois State Representative Dave McSweeney
In a stunning move, the Illinois House on Monday voted 72-43 to override Rauner's veto of the Chicago police and fire pension bill that had sparked a war of words between the Republican governor and E...
May 31, 2016
Chicago Tribune Columnist Kristen McQueary
In a stunning move, the Illinois House on Monday voted 72-43 to override Rauner's veto of the Chicago police and fire pension bill that had sparked a war of words between the Republican governor and E...
May 31, 2016
Big John Howell Show Notes 5-31-16
The Cincinnati Zoo had to kill one of their gorillas after a 4 year old fell into their habitat. I realize you can't let something happen to a child, but was it really necessary to killed the poor guy...
May 31, 2016
The Morning Show Reacts to the Beating of “The Walking Man”
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...
May 26, 2016
Illinois State Rep. Ron Sandack
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...
May 25, 2016
ESPN Legal Analyst Lester Munson
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...
May 25, 2016
Illinois Congressman Peter Roskam
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...
May 25, 2016
The Hill Columnist Juan Williams
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...
May 24, 2016
How Is This Parking Meter Deal Working Out For Chicago?
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...
May 24, 2016
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
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...
May 24, 2016
