Seeing red: How Bruce Rauner won Illinois
Brenden Moore
November 9, 2014
Governor-elect Bruce Rauner (R-Winnetka) called for bipartisan solutions to the state’s problems as he declared victory last week in the state’s gubernatorial contest against incumbent Pat Quinn (D-Chicago). Read More »...
The red dawn: Republican midterm gains have sweeping policy ramifications
Kevin Gross
November 9, 2014
By the end of the 2012 elections, Democrats were riding a momentous wave. President Barack Obama won re-election by a fair margin. Democrats won seven of the 11 governor seats up for grabs. Although Republicans retained House control, Democrats gained two seats in the Senate to slightly widen their h...
Storify: 2014 National Midterm Elections
Kevin Gross
November 4, 2014
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The electoral battleground: National midterms 2014
Kevin Gross
October 26, 2014
This year’s Nov. 4 midterm elections will occur across a heated political battleground. Currently, Republicans hold a majority in the House, while Democrats hold a slim majority in the Senate with key seats in states traditionally hostile to Democrats. Additionally, 29 states have Republican gov...
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A man was stabbed Friday morning on a Red Line train at the Fullerton stop by DePaul's Lincoln Park campus,...
Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’
December 2, 2019
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired the city’s retiring police superintendent...
City Council approves Lightfoot’s $11.6B budget plan
November 26, 2019
The Chicago City Council has passed Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $11.6 billion budget...
CTA holiday trains, bus gearing up for season
November 25, 2019
The Chicago Transit Authority’s holiday train will soon roll into service. The...