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Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez facing renewed questions over residency after public meeting controversy: 'Even Byron doesn't want to live in his neighborhood'

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) is facing renewed questions about his residency after an incident in which his office ejected a reporter from a publicly advertised community meeting.

By Chicago City Wire reports | Apr 16, 2025

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SEIU official, Mayor Johnson political supporter Anthony Driver has received $38,750 for car allowance from City of Chicago

Anthony Driver, an official with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in Chicago, has been receiving a transportation perk typically reserved for high-ranking city officials, raising questions about the appropriateness of such a benefit for someone in a part-time position.

By Chicago City Wire reports | Apr 10, 2025

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Illinois DOGE Profile: $1.5 million to the Chicago Therapy Collective to advocate for cross-dressing

By LGIS News Service | Apr 4, 2025

Founded by lesbian social worker, "yoga teacher, and somatic meditation instructor" Ingrid Ladden, the Chicago Therapy Collective (CTC) "promotes citywide action to alleviate LGBTQIA2S health disparities and advance queer liberation through therapy, education, and the arts.”

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President of Northside Republicans: 'Republicans must stay engaged and fight back'

By Chicago City Wire | Mar 28, 2025

Brian Kasal, President of the Northside Republicans, has raised concerns about the influence of money in Illinois elections.

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Illinois DOGE Profile: $700K per year to the Black Researchers Collective

By LGIS News Service | Mar 23, 2025

Author and poet Glenance Green and former Chicago Urban League President Shari Runner started the "Black Researchers Collective" in 2020 to "activate and mobilize communities to use research and data to create and sustain change across Chicago communities and beyond." By 2023, they had secured a recurring $700,000 annual appropriation from State of Illinois taxpayers to fund their group.

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Dan Proft: 'Illinois and Chicago retain their titles of “Highest State/Local Tax Burden” and “Murder Capital” respectively'

By Chicago City Wire | Mar 17, 2025

Dan Proft, co-host of AM 560 The Answer, said that Illinois and Chicago continue to hold the highest state and local tax burden and murder rate.

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Jeanne Ives: CPS and City of Chicago 'are both bankrupt, and there's no hiding it anymore'

By Chicago City Wire | Mar 14, 2025

Jeanne Ives, founder of Breakthrough Ideas and former legislator, said that the City of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools "are both bankrupt, and there's no hiding it anymore."

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Misrepresentation of State's Attorney's Office Conviction Review Unit continues in the media

By W.J. Kennedy | Mar 6, 2025

The Conviction Review Unit (CRU) in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO) has taken plenty of heat

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Northside Republicans President: Removal of Rep. Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse is 'an attempt to erase Illinois history itself'

By Chicago City Wire | Feb 26, 2025

Brian Kasal, President of Northside Republicans, expressed disapproval over DuPage County's decision to remove Henry Hyde's name from the courthouse.

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Big win for gun rights advocates as judge strikes down requirement to possess firearm license inside the home

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 18, 2025

For the third time a circuit court judge struck down a portion of the state law

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Morrison only 'no' vote on resolution that allows public defenders to represent illegals outside Cook County

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 14, 2025

Last week the Cook County Board pulled off a little publicized move allowing public defenders to represent illegal aliens in immigration courts beyond the jurisdiction of the county.

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Illinois DOGE Profile: Chicago's Indo-American Center

By LGIS News Service | Feb 11, 2025

Learn all about Chicago's Indo-American Center, which helps immigrants-- legal and illegal-- vote and get on public aid.

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Brian Kasal, President of Northside Republicans: 'Quigley's shameful decision exposes his loyalty to ideology over lives'

By Chicago City Wire | Feb 3, 2025

Northside Republicans President Brian Kasal criticized Congressman Mike Quigley and eleven other Illinois congressmen for voting against the Laken Riley Act, accusing them of prioritizing their political agenda over public safety.

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Mayor Johnson: U.S. is "what our country would look like had the confederacy won; Trump "believes he is a supreme being"

By LGIS News Service | Jan 31, 2025

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said the U.S. now looks like it might have had slavery never been banned, and that President Donald Trump "believes he is a supreme being."

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Did Mayor Johnson stiff community group in sweetheart mortgage deal?

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 20, 2025

Mayor Brandon Johnson took advantage of a special mortgage deal for employees of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in 2009 that granted first-time home buyers a $3,000 no-interest loan, records with the Cook County Clerk’s office show.

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Chicago area lawyer, Maria McCarthy, being talked about for U.S. Attorney for the Northern District

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 18, 2024

Prominent members of the legal and law enforcement communities in the Chicago area are getting behind

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Kasal: 'Governor JB Pritzker has blatantly misled Illinoisans'

By Chicago City Wire | Nov 20, 2024

Brian Kasal, President of the Northside Republicans Club, criticized Governor J.B. Pritzker's budgetary policies on November 19.

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Capital Research Center study: Anti-police and anti-Israel movements have much in common

By W.J. Kennedy | Nov 16, 2024

Former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas recently called out Mayor Brandon Johnson

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Johnson: Trump a 'tyrant' for planning to deport Chicago illegal aliens

By Chicago City Wire | Nov 13, 2024

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced that the city’s police department would not collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in deportation efforts, referring to President-elect Donald Trump as a “tyrant.” His remarks came in response to threats from the incoming administration to target so-called “sanctuary cities” like Chicago.

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Beverly Unitarian Church member on hosting post-election grief session: 'The reality is we all know MAGA is a bunch of rapey weirdos'

By Chicago City Wire reports | Nov 9, 2024

In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 presidential election, Beverly Unitarian Church member Anna Carviln opened The Castle, the church’s home, to “people who need support given the election results.”