Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Michigan Approves Recreational Marijuana
Smoke ’em if you got ’em, in 10 states that is, as Michigan has become the most recent to decriminalize the use of marijuana. Proposal 1 passed on Tuesday, which allows those 21 and over i...
Nov 07, 2018
Recreational Marijuana Measure in North Dakota Rejected
An initiated ballot measure in the state of North Dakota pushed to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, but voters have rejected it on Tuesday. Critics of the measure did not like that it wou...
Nov 07, 2018
Voters in Washington State Decline Carbon Tax
After voters in Washington state shot a carbon tax down, every state in the nation continues to be free of such a tax. Companies involved with fossil fuels would have had to pay a tax equal to $15 for...
Nov 07, 2018
Stacey Abrams Remains in Race Against Brian Kemp
The governor race in Georgia will not be decided before all the votes have been counted according to candidate Stacey Abrams. Abrams has yet to concede to opponent Brian Kemp even though results show ...
Nov 07, 2018
Cruz Defeats O’Rourke in Close Senate Race in Texas
Beto O’Rourke was the most popular, and most financially-backed, democrat to run in Texas in recent history, but that was not enough to beat candidate Ted Cruz. With Cruz’s narrow victory,...
Nov 07, 2018
Kentucky Clerk Who Opposed Same-Sex Marriage Loses Re-Election Bid
Kim Davis, the Rowan County, KY clerk who made national headlines in 2015 for denying same-sex marriage licenses, has lost her re-election bid to a Democratic challenger. Davis spent five days in jail...
Nov 07, 2018
Sanders, Warren Win Re-Election
Two of the Democrats’ top 2020 presidential hopefuls cruised to re-election in their Senate races on Tuesday. Elizabeth Warren easily won a second term as Massachusetts Senator, with the race ca...
Nov 07, 2018
Emanuel: ‘Election a rejection of Donald Trump’
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) At City Hall, Mayor Emanuel is decoding the results of the midterms. Rahm says in this good economy the Democrats actually had no business winning the Hou...
Nov 07, 2018
Susan B. Anthony’s Presence Still Felt on Election Day
Nearly 150 years after she founded the National Woman Sufferage Association, Susan B. Anthony’s presence is still being felt on election day in the U.S. In what appears to have become an electio...
Nov 07, 2018
Coffee May Reduce Risk Of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
Good news for coffee addicts – your beverage of choice may be protecting you from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Researchers in Canada say drinking coffee could help reduce th...
Nov 07, 2018
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