Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Update: FBI raids officies of Ald. Ed Burke
(CHICAGO) At City Hall, FBI agents have finished serving their search warrant on powerful Ald Ed Burke’s City Council Finance Committee and left the building quietly. As we know, the FBI can be ...
Nov 29, 2018
Reaction to Burke raid
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — Alderman Ed Burke’s brother, State Rep. Dan Burke (D-Chicago) told reporters in Springfield that he “didn’t have a clue” but tha...
Nov 29, 2018
Update: FBI raids Ald. Ed Burke’s city council offices
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In a shocker at City Hall, the FBI today raided powerful Ald Ed Burke’s City Council Finance Committee offices. The FBI crawling all over the dean of the c...
Nov 29, 2018
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
