Politics

Illinois Republicans blast Pritzker, Lightfoot for Chicago's unemployment rate (Springfield, IL) - Illinois Republicans are pointing a finger at Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for the state’s shrinking job market.

Speaker Welch, Health Advocates Celebrate Historic Health Care Expansion for Undocumented Seniors (Chicago, IL) - House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Majority Leader Greg Harris (D-Chicago) and Assistant Majority Leader Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) joined advocates to celebrate Illinois being the first state in the nation to offer health care coverage to seniors regardless of their immigration status.

Chicago Heights City Council OKs FY22 budget (Chicago Heights, IL) - The Chicago Heights City Council on Wednesday passed a budget with a $1.2 million surplus.

Key's Take: Chicago Heights City Council Meeting - 07/21/2021 (Chicago Heights, IL) - Mayor David A. Gonzalez, all 7 Aldermen, and the public assembled to review the 2021-2022 budget in a public hearing at the Bloom Township Center. 

Editing in Progress: 'All uniformed agents need CRT': Chicago Police would take Critical Race Theory courses under bill heralded by activist, political activist (Springfield, IL) - A bill that would require Chicago Police Department employees to take critical race theory (CRT) courses before hiring and during their time in the academy now sits in the Rules Committee in Springfield.

Underwood blames officer retirement on low morale - U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Illinois) insists all the recent anti-police rhetoric across the state can’t be viewed as a factor in the rash of police officers now leaving the force.

Villivalam: Asian-American history act 'offers students of all backgrounds cross-cultural education' (Springfield, IL) - At the signing of the bill that would make Illinois the first state to mandate Asian-American history in its schools' curriculum, chief Senate sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam (D-Chicago) spoke about how proud he is to be part of this historic legislation.

Pritzker has ‘no plans’ for added mitigations; ‘local control’ is focus of new school guidelines (Springfield, IL) - The wide availability of COVID-19 vaccines has changed the state’s approach for mitigating the virus’ spread statewide and in schools.

Evanston community stands up to racism in statement (Evanston, IL) - According to a release by community group Stronger Together Evanston, the Evanston community has taken a stand against racism. Evanston/Skokie School District 65, which serves students from kindergarten through 8t

Guest: Matt Dubiel - Matt Dubiel discusses his career in Chicago Radio, the history of Q101 Chicago’s Alternative and the role former Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner played in the downfall of Q101 Chicago’s Alternative.