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Financial pro says Illinois following Puerto Rico's footsteps financially

By Cheyenne Dickerson | Jun 1, 2017

Illinois appears to be heading south in more ways than one, a financial expert said on a Chicago-based radio show recently.

Chicago health care policy advisor: AHCA is a good step toward repealing, replacing Obamacare

By Cheyenne Dickerson | Jun 1, 2017

The Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in early May, is a positive move, a health care policy advisor for the Heartland Institute in Chicago said recently.

Bankruptcy bounces around as backup plan

By Cheyenne Dickerson | May 2, 2017

After two years without a budget and a failed attempt to compromise on a "grand bargain," some in Illinois are asking whether bankruptcy is a viable way out of the state's financial morass.

Supervisor candidate wants to develop existing Dundee Township programs

By Cheyenne Dickerson | Mar 31, 2017

Patricia "Trish" Glees, candidate for Dundee Township Supervisor, vows she would develop programs in the community and increase social media presence if elected to office.

Elgin board member says potential textbook has liberal bias

By Cheyenne Dickerson | Mar 21, 2017

Jeanette Ward, a member of Elgin's U-46 Board of Education, voted against the inclusion of the textbook Macgruder's American Government for the district's seventh- and eighth-grade social studies curriculum recently, arguing that it promotes racism and sexism and contains "pervasive liberal bias."

Illinois budget divide stays strong

By Cheyenne Dickerson | Mar 10, 2017

Thanks to a compromise plan worked out by Democratic Senate President John Cullerton and Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno, the Illinois Senate has proposed its first state budget in two years.