Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
Chicago Alderman wants school construction to proceed on former burial ground
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Northwest side Alderman Nick Sposato (36th) says construction of a new high school in his neighborhood should proceed, even though it is being built on an old bu...
Apr 9, 2018
Federal funds to bolster election security may not be enough
By SARAH ZIMMERMAN, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Last summer, with an important Illinois election season months away, Shelby County officials in central Illinois feared that their outdate...
Apr 8, 2018
Speed limit on parts of Illinois tollway raised to 70 mph
CHICAGO (AP) - Drivers in a hurry in Chicago’s northwest suburbs might want to take the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The Illinois Tollway has raised the speed limit for passenger cars on...
Apr 7, 2018
Illinois school districts to receive additional funding
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois school districts will receive about $395 million in additional funding that was approved in the state budget last summer. The Illinois State Board of Education sent v...
Apr 7, 2018
Chicago school construction could unearth human remains
CHICAGO (AP) - Construction workers building a school in a northwest Chicago neighborhood are working carefully to avoid disturbing human remains possibly lying underneath the site. The $70 million Re...
Apr 6, 2018
GOP Senator Blunt critical of Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, is critical of the Trump administration’s tariffs. “A trade war always has unanticipated consequences,” he said during a...
Apr 5, 2018
Wilson gives campaign $100k, “making a fair playing field.”
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the campaign for mayor of Chicago, candidate Willie Wilson is back in action! Willie Wilson loves to call media members up to his Wacker Dr penthouse apartmen...
Apr 4, 2018
Guzzardi proposes to toughen law against discrimination in business
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Today is the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and one liberal state rep is proposing a new law against discrimination. State R...
Apr 4, 2018
Trump: We’ll use military to protect US border
[van id=”politics/2018/04/03/trump-military-protect-us-border-mexico-sot.cnn”] During a meeting with Baltic leaders, President Trump discusses border security, saying he’s talked wit...
Apr 3, 2018
Pritzker vows to ‘get rid’ of tuition tax credits for private and parochial schools
By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Democrat JB Pritzker is out with big new proposals to solve the state’s budget and pension problems. Long term, Pritzker wants a graduated income tax. Shor...
Apr 3, 2018
