Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News

Duckworth wants to change Senate rules to make motherhood easier
By Andrew Dunn The woman primed to become the first sitting senator to give birth in office wants to change Senate rules to better accommodate future mothers. In an interview that aired Wednesday on P...
Cumulus Media Feb 15, 2018

2 more Legionnaires’ disease cases found at veterans home
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Two more confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease were found among residents of a veterans home in western Illinois where the illness has been linked to the deaths of 13 peop...
Cumulus Media Feb 14, 2018

Madigan defends conduct in sex-harassment review
CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on Democratic campaign worker’s complaint of sexual harassment by a supervisor. House Speaker Michael Madigan denies that a long-time campaign worker wouldn’t hav...
Cumulus Media Feb 14, 2018

UPDATE: Chicago Police officer fatally shot at Thompson Center
(CHICAGO) A high-ranking Chicago Police officer was shot fatally Tuesday afternoon at the Thompson Center downtown, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. The officer was shot by an "assailant" while ass...
Cumulus Media Feb 13, 2018

Woman who accuses former consultant to Madigan speaks out
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) — The woman who accused a former political consultant of House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) says party officials took too long to respond to her compl...
Cumulus Media Feb 13, 2018

Clock ticking as senators search for an immigration plan that can pass
By Lauren Fox The Senate will embark on a free-wheeling immigration debate this week, testing the limits of whether there is still a political center on the contentious issue in the era of Pres...
Cumulus Media Feb 13, 2018

Illinois courts adjusting to state’s new bail reform law
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Courts across Illinois have had about a month to adjust to the requirements of the new bail reform law that took effect Jan. 1. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the Bail Reform Act in the ...
Cumulus Media Feb 13, 2018

O’Hare gets EPA grant to reduce carbon emissions
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport will receive a $640,000 grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency to buy zero emissions ground support equipment. City of...
Cumulus Media Feb 13, 2018

Garry McCarthy inching closer to running for Mayor
By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former Chicago top cop Garry McCarthy is sounding more and more like he is going to run for Mayor next year against Rahm Emanuel, the man who fired McCarthy in 2...
Cumulus Media Feb 12, 2018

Only 3 doctors have joined wage-discrimination lawsuit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Attorneys for Southern Illinois University School of Medicine indicate they will ask a judge to dismiss part of a lawsuit alleging wage discrimination because few female docto...
Cumulus Media Feb 12, 2018






