Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway Says “I’m a Victim of Sexual Assault”
Kellyane Conway, White House Adviser, was a guest on CNN”s “State of the Union” Sunday and claimed she is a victim of sexual assault. Conway defended the nomination of Judge Brett Ka...
Oct 01, 2018
Supreme Court Starts New Term Minus 1
The Supreme Court of the United States starts a new term today. It does so with just eight justices as the Senate tries to make a decision on a potential ninth jurist. The FBI is currently investigati...
Oct 01, 2018
Federal agency withholds some Chicago Public Schools funding
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools will not receive a $4 million federal grant this year because the district has failed to demonstrate that it is sufficiently addressing complaints of sexual viole...
Sep 30, 2018
ComEd customers to see credits after settlement
By Nick Gale, WLS-Am 890 News (CHICAGO) - The Illinois Commerce Commission has announced the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved a settlement agreement that will bring over $318 million ...
Sep 29, 2018
Judge Says Democrats Can Sue Trump Over Emoluments Clause
A federal judge has ruled that Congressional Democrats can sue President Trump over alleged violations of the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution. The clause says that the President cannot acce...
Sep 29, 2018
Pritzker defends ambitious plan for higher education
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for governor, Democrat JB Pritzker and his wife early-voted this morning and then took questions from reporters including WLS' Bill Cameron. After vo...
Sep 27, 2018
Illinois’ senators disparage the Kavanaugh hearings
(CHICAGO) Illinois' Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, both Democrats, have come up with new ways to disparage Thursday’s Kavanaugh hearing. Durbin is dumping on the Republicans for ducki...
Sep 27, 2018
Preckwinkle hits back on claim she’s soft on crime
By Peter Bolger, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Toni Preckwinkle is hitting back at Garry McCarthy’s claim that she’s too soft on crime. McCarthy says "It is difficult to identify a person more acc...
Sep 26, 2018
Chicagoan retires after 26 years of Naval service
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (SAN ANTONIO) - Senior Chief Navy Counselor Ginger Stevenson of Chicago, assigned to Navy Recruiting District San Antonio, was piped ashore by her fellow chief petty offi...
Sep 25, 2018
Durbin implies Kavanaugh challenge is to settle old scores
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Senator Dick Durbin is reminding everyone that the Kavanaugh fight is about more than possible sexual harrassment. Some of the Democrats want to get even with Mi...
Sep 25, 2018
