Rauner Mum On “Safe Roads” Amendment
A proposed change to the Illinois constitution would ensure the state has a solid stream of cash going to fund road projects, but Governor Rauner is staying silent on the idea.
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Robert Jones Begins Tenure As U Of I Urbana Chancellor
Even before his first official day on the job Monday, the new chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana campus felt he had to send out a campus-wide e-mail on Sunday to address the fatal shooting that happened in Champaign’s Campustown area late Saturday night.
In Rare Debate Footage, Seeds Of Modern Politics
On Monday night, Americans sat down to watch one of the most anticipated presidential debates in the country's history. It happens to fall on the anniversary of the first and most famous presidential debate -- between Nixon and Kennedy in 1960. But that was not the first time two presidential candidates went before T-V cameras together.
Gill Denied By U.S. Supreme Court In Bid For 13th District
The country's high court has denied David Gill a place on the November 8 ballot as an independent candidate in Illinois' 13th Congressional District. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied the physician's request Monday. Gill says he plans to appeal to a different justice.
Poverty/Household Income; Working In America; Illinois Politics
On the 21st: We discussed the gulf between rising household incomes and the number of Illinois residents in poverty. Plus, we took a look at a new exhibit at the Chicago Public Library and our weekly Illinois politics roundtable.
