On this episode of PM Chicago: Bret Gogoel speaks with the Chicago Tribune’s LaMond Pope, who gives us a White Sox season preview ahead of tomorrow’s home opener. Dick Simpson, renowned political scholar, joins the program to speak about editing the book, “Chicago’s Modern Mayors: From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot.” Plus, the CTU is […]
Democrat lawmakers recently reintroduced a bicameral resolution hailing the "courage, compassion, and dedication" of abortionists.
Tulsi Gabbard wanted to be president. Now she wants to be vice president. And while that’s hardly unusual, the paths — plural — she’s considering to get there are. Neither involve the Democratic Party, which Gabbard used to represent until she left it in 2022. The four-term former member of Congress from Hawaii is now getting consideration for both former President Donald Trump’s and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tickets, two sources familiar with the candidates’...
"This is not the result we wanted. We're gonna have to take a real hard look at what happened and figure out how to move forward from here," said Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, who was instrumental in getting the binding referendum through the City Council and onto the ballot.
The City of Chicago will return five parks to the public this week after using them to temporarily house illegal immigrants – a move that had irked many residents. The office of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said, beginning this Saturday, the city will "decompress" temporary shelters from five park district facilities. Once all immigrants are transitioned to another shelter, the city’s Park District will begin the process of restoring the parks for the public to use. The mayor’s office said...
The Chicago Park District will begin to restore five parks across the Southwest Side, North Side and Northwest Side starting Saturday.
Calls for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to recuse herself from the Georgia election racketeering case against Donald Trump spurred one name to trend on X Friday: Clarence Thomas. The Supreme Court Justice — beleaguered by reports that he accepted luxury gifts from political operatives and that his wife Ginni threw her support behind Trump's "Stop the Steal" campaign — took center stage as X users questioned his ability to rule on cases involving the former president. "Clarence...
Judge James Ho ruled to restrict mifepristone. His wife Allyson is linked to the anti-abortion group that brought the caseExplainer: the mifepristone caseHow abortion pill case court could undo the FDAWhen the former president Donald Trump appointed the Texas attorney James Ho to the fifth circuit court of appeals in 2017, lawyers at the prominent law firm Gibson Dunn – where Ho worked before his appointment – had a problem: how to replace the politically connected Ho. Turns out, they didn’t...
The Chicago Board of Elections has admitted it made an error in tabulating Democratic primary results for Cook County state's attorney. An additional 10,000 votes that were initially excluded have been added to the totals - Eileen O'Neill Burke leads Clayton Harris III by 2,015 votes. The outcome of the closely contested race in a Democratic stronghold will shape the prosecutorial landscape for the nation's second-largest prosecutor's office
The Windy City has struggled to care for more than 34,000 asylum-seekers bussed in from the border. Chicago has refused to reveal where all of the funds are going or how much various out-of-state companies are profiting. Mayor Brandon Johnson refused to directly answer questions about the funding
The Chicago Board of Elections 'mistakenly left out' more than 9,000 mail-in ballots in their count of ballots received by Election Day.
Gregory Pratt, investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune, joins the Steve Cochran Show to explore his latest book, “The City Is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis.” They discuss the former mayor’s achievements and setbacks, her relationship with the media, and Pratt provides insights on how […]