Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Pritzker: Illinois budget deficit higher than estimated
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration estimates Illinois faces a more-than $3 billion deficit in its next budget year. A report Friday by the Democrat indicates the June 2...
Feb 08, 2019
Reports: Mets-Nats or Cubs-Cards for London in 2020
By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Major League Baseball is considering one of two matchups for its 2020 series in London: New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals or Chicago Cubs v...
Feb 08, 2019
Mendoza compares Daley to an amoeba!
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/02/08113001/Bill-Mendoza.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, Susana Mendoza is on the attack against Bill Daley. Daley backed ou...
Feb 08, 2019
Fireworks at Fox32 Chicago Mayoral forum
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, Bill Daley was a no-show at tonight's/last night's Lincoln Forum debate on Fox32, but President Trump had some friends among those who did...
Feb 08, 2019
”Ancient history” about Bill Daley on Trib’s front page
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/02/07111710/Bill-Daley-Insurance-Exam.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, the Tribune is recalling on page one how Bill D...
Feb 07, 2019
Progressive groups call for Chicago income tax
By John Dempsey (CHICAGO) A new report says a coalition of progressive activists and labor unions wants to see a City of Chicago income tax. Crain’s Chicago Business says the group calls itself ...
Feb 07, 2019
Thieves stole from shopper’s purse at grocery store in Schaumburg: cops
Surveillance images of two suspected thieves who stole from a woman’s purse last month at a Whole Foods in Schaumburg. | Schaumburg police(SCHAUMBURG) Police are searching for a pair of thieves ...
Feb 07, 2019
Minimum wage increase coming for Illinois
https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/02/06161032/Bill-Minimum-Wage.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Chicago’s minimum wage will be going to $13 an hour in July, but there were hea...
Feb 06, 2019
Judge: Firefighter’s family should get full death pension
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (AP) - A Lake County judge has ruled that the family of a Chicago-area firefighter should receive his pension, upholding a review board’s decision that his fatal cancer was c...
Feb 06, 2019
Chicago Bears halt pregame perk, ending Packers fan’s suit
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Bears have ended a pregame perk that prompted a lawsuit by a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan who wanted to wear the Wisconsin team’s green and gold apparel to wa...
Feb 05, 2019
