Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Stocks Surge As Investors Hope Fed Will Slow Rate Hikes
As the Federal Reserve debates whether or not to hike interest rates, stocks jumped upward today. Do investors foresee a slowing of the rate hikes? Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made comments on...
Nov 29, 2018
House passes measure to restore parole
By BilI Cameron, WLS-AM News (SPRINGFIELD) Both Houses of the legislature have sent the governor a bill to restore parole to the Illinois prison system. Back in the ’70s under Gov .Thompson, Ill...
Nov 28, 2018
Google Fi Adds Support for iPhone
If you were waiting to check out Google Fi because you have an iPhone, that has now changed as the company announced it is now supported. Google Fi’s operation is fairly straightforward. It hops...
Nov 28, 2018
Aldermen offer solutions to CPS sex scandal
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall Wednesday, a City Council hearing into the Chicago Public Schools sexual predator scandal turned into a gripe session by the aldermen. CPS CEO Janis...
Nov 28, 2018
Daley: New revenues like a casino, recreational marijuana and a commuter tax need to be considered
(CHICAGO) In the race for mayor, Bill Daley has put a COMMUTER TAX on his list of new revenues that need to be considered. Daley told a sold-out crowd at the City Club that new revenues like a casino,...
Nov 28, 2018
Alderman Rejects Plea Deal, Will Go To Trial
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Chicago Alderman Willie Cochran (20th), who pleaded not guilty earlier to corruption charges, has rejected a plea deal in which he would have had to ple...
Nov 28, 2018
Trump Expected to Extend Troop Deployments at Mexico Border
Pentagon officials tell NPR that President Trump is prepared to extend the commitment of U.S. troops at the Mexico border into January. The current order on troops at the border is set to expire on De...
Nov 28, 2018
Businessman Get 7 1/2 Years for Federal Tax Evasion
It’s often said that death and taxes are the only certainties in life. One man is finding out how true that can be. Federal prosecutors say that an Old Saybrook, Connecticut man has been sentenc...
Nov 28, 2018
Storm still impacting power
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Thousands of people remain without power after the winter storm that swept through Sunday night into Monday morning. ComEd customers are still in the da...
Nov 27, 2018
Trump Threatens To Pull GM Subsidies Over Layoffs
On Tuesday, President Trump threatens to pull all government subsidies from General Motors, in response to layoffs announced by the auto maker earlier this week. Trump tweeted that he was “very ...
Nov 27, 2018
