September 13, 2022 Illinois lawmaker says some Dems regret voting to end cash bail: 'Too much, too soon' Illinois State Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R) warned some lawmakers already regret voting to end cash bail by supporting the Safe-T Act.
September 13, 2022 Liberal Chicago city councilmember decries intense crime wave: 'A joke' The liberal deputy floor leader of Chicago City Council blasted the increased crime in the city, saying public safety 'was a joke' and questioned why citizens bother calling the police.
September 12, 2022 Illinois mayor says Gov. Pritzker owes his community an 'apology' for sending 90 migrants with little notice An Illinois mayor is calling out Governor J.B. Pritzker after he allegedly sent 90 migrants to his town over the weekend with little notice.
September 12, 2022 Illinois mayor drops hammer on new state law eliminating cash bail: 'massive threat' Orland Park, Illinois, Mayor Keith Pekau slammed the state's Safe-T law, which will take effect in 2023, for making communities more vulnerable through eliminating cash bail.
September 12, 2022 Mother, former police officer who lost daughter to fentanyl says 'our children are being poisoned' Former Chicago police officer Terry Almanza, who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning, is fighting to bring justice to families who lost loved ones to the lethal drug.
September 12, 2022 Illinois mayor fires back at Lightfoot, Pritzker after migrants were secretly bussed to his town Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso called out Lightfoot's hypocrisy, nothing that she previously criticized the secretive relocation of migrants into Chicago.
September 11, 2022 Illinois officials send 90 migrants to another suburban Chicago town with little notice Another Chicagoland town received a busload of migrants with little notification from city or state officials on Saturday morning, according to town officials.
September 10, 2022 Illinois mayor reacts to governor's 'ill-advised' comment inferring 'xenophobia' amid Chicago migrant crisis The Republican mayor of a suburban Chicago town says that the governor's office is calling him “xenophobic" for questioning why a busload of 64 migrants were shipped into his town.
September 10, 2022 Illinois mayor blasts Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 'hypocrisy' after migrants shipped to 'Republican suburb' The Republican mayor of a suburban Chicago town is calling out Lori Lightfoot for her "hypocrisy" after 64 migrants were bused to a Hampton Inn in his town.
September 10, 2022 Chicago attempted kidnapper offered mother money for girl, 5, before trying to pull child away by her hair A suspect in Chicago allegedly tried to kidnap her 5-year-old daughter and then pulled her by the hair after her mother would not to accept money for the child.