Who would you call if you needed help?
The answer likely depends on the unspoken parts of the question. I know who I’d call for a dead car battery, an off-balance laundry machine or if my back injury flared. But what if I wanted a marriage counselor? Had a headache I couldn’t overcome? Thought my kid might be depressed?
Congressman John Shimkus (R-Collinsville) joins The Morning Newswatch to discuss his thoughts on the ending of the war in Afghanistan
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The RTA says at least four of eight CTA train lines would be reduced or eliminated next year if the shortfall is not fixed.
CHICAGO (WLS) — State transportation leaders are giving an update this morning on how transit negotiations are going.
The still emerging race to succeed Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate featuring candidates from within the state’s congressional delegation has created a domino effect — a growing list of contenders now racing for suddenly open seats in the U.S. House.
With the potential of at least three sitting Democratic House members vying for Durbin’s spot and the announcement that longtime U.S.
With a little over two weeks before a deadline to pass a state budget, Illinoisans suddenly are being made aware of a deeper-than-anticipated shortfall.
In an official report released earlier this week, the governor’s Office of Management and Budget released updated revenue forecasts that leaves the state $536 million worse off than earlier projections showed.
The report lays the blame for these revisions at the feet of the federal government, specifically citing tariffs and uncertainty over funding cuts.
On this special edition of Worker Wednesday, Ed Maher, Associate Executive Director of the National Coalition of Labor and co-host of The Workers’ Mic here on 720 WGN, joins Jon Hansen on the show to share key details from the WGN Radio live labor panel discussion that occurred at the IUOE Local 399 Union Hall on May 12th.
Chicago posted the seventh biggest population gain of any city in the country last year, leading a wave of growth that also lifted many suburbs, particularly those on the fringes of the metro area.
The city of Chicago added 22,164 residents between mid-2023 and mid-2024, according to new estimates from the U.S. census. That population growth works out to a percentage gain of only 0.8%, but it marks the second year in a row that Chicago’s population grew, reversing a downward trend in previous years.
FOX 32’s Paris Schutz has the latest on politics in Chicago, the state of Illinois, and across the nation.
Gov. JB Pritzker has appointed Dr. Bryan Traubert to the UI System Board of Trustees, according to a Monday press release. Traubert, if confirmed by the state senate, will fill the seat vacated by Patricia Brown Holmes.
A retired Chicago-based physician specializing in ophthalmology, Traubert has an extensive background in non-profit work. He currently serves as chairman of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation, which he founded with his wife, Penny Pritzker, sister of Gov.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Freedom Caucus argues Illinois needs to trim the fat of Democratic budgets and are proposing a spending plan of their own.
Gov. JB Pritzker presented a $55 billion budget in February, but the Freedom Caucus told reporters in Springfield Tuesday that lawmakers only need to approve $44 billion.
Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, 19th District, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Illinois lawmakers working to require private health insurance providers to reimburse in-network therapists at least 141% of the rate Medicare pays. Therapists across the country have stopped accepting private insurance providers, citing improper reimbursement and too much red tape to provide patients with proper care.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A plan moving in the Illinois Capitol could shield healthcare providers from being punished for prescribing medication abortion if President Donald Trump revokes FDA approval for the drugs.
FILE – A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan.,
"How does cutting regulations that protect our drinking water from pollution of toxic chemicals Make America Healthy Again?" Stratton said in an exclusive statement.
Senate Democrat lead budgeteer Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, and House Republican lead budgeteer Amy Elik, R-Godfrey, speak on how federal funding affects the state budget. Get the full story at capitolnewsillinois.com.
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<p>Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel openly flirted with a 2028 presidential candidacy Wednesday, telling a nationally televised talk show audience that he is “in training” for a White House bid.</p><p>Emanuel’s <a class="Link" href="http://abc.com/video/2f58521e-0067-4f14-b820-d307a16b80b3/playlist/PL557769560" target="_blank" >remarks</a> on ABC’s “The View” stopped short of an actual announcement that he intends to run for what constitutionally should be an open seat, given that President Donald Trump will have served two terms.</p><p>But
Illinois lawmakers took another step this week to end the program offering healthcare coverage to Illinois residents without legal status in the United States.
The legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules this week gave a green light to rules that will phase out the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program on July 1. The phase out has been expected ever since Democratic Illinois Gov.
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker’s office is now projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his February budget address.
The latest downward revision comes as lawmakers are entering the final two-week stretch to approve a budget before their May 31 deadline amid increasing economic uncertainty.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — An Illinois State Senator is pushing a proposal to stop gyms from altering benefits of a "promised lifetime membership."
State Senator Christopher Belt said in a news conference he’s highlighting legislation that would prevent gyms and fitness centers from cancelling or changing benefits of their promised lifetime memberships, otherwise known as a "bait-and-switch" tactic.
With sharp Medicaid cuts that could kick in automatically and half a billion dollars less in the revenue forecast than initially expected for the coming fiscal year, Illinois is in no position to make up for any of the federal funding shortfalls on its own.
The Governor’s Office of Management & Budget said yesterday it expects $54.9 billion in revenue for the fiscal year beginning July 1, while its previous forecast called for $55.5 billion.
