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By JOHN O’CONNOR, AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration hasn’t recouped $76 million in overpayments to private Medicaid-program insurers dat...

[van id=”us/2018/03/24/march-for-our-lives-aerials-orig-llr.cnn”] Thousands took to the streets and demanded gun control in the nationwide March for Our Lives movement.   CHICAGO (AP)...

By Bill Cameron (CHICAGO) Here on the day after former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced for mayor, Mayor Emanuel’s campaign is out with a new web ad attacking McCarthy. So ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the state sexual harassment scandal, whistle-blower Alaina Hampton has filed a federal lawsuit against two of Speaker Madigan’s political operations: th...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Former police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is officially declaring that he is running for Mayor of Chicago next year, challenging the incumbent Mayor who fired ...

By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) An 81-year old woman hailed a cab on Chicago’s north side last month so that she could visit her husband at a nursing home. Cook County Prosecutors say ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Governor Rauner’s challenger JB Pritzker today introduced five people he says Rauner has failed. One of them attempted to connect Rauner to veteran suicide...

By Veronica Stracqualursi Former Vice President Joe Biden said he would “beat the hell out of” President Donald Trump if they were in high school over his crude comments about women. ̶...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) So, where do Jeanne Ives supporters go in the November election Bill Cameron? On election eve, Jeanne Ives told me she’d support Bruce Rauner if he wins th...

By John Dempsey, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner is pledging to unite the fractured Republican party after winning his bitter primary battle with conservative State Rep...