Max Rice feels desperate times call for desperate measures.

Appetite has aligned with altruism in an enterprise familiar to many Portage Park-area residents run next level by Steve and Nicole O'Brien.

Chicago's Morning Answer - January 31, 2018 - Rep. Peter Roskam

Amanda Biela, a Chicago educator running in the GOP primary in the 15th District for the seat held by Rep, John D'Amico (D-Chicago), weighs in on harassment allegations made against Sen. Ira Silverstein.

Illinois Lottery Control Board Chairman J. Blair Garber has resigned from his post after being bombarded with calls for his removal in the wake of comments he made on Twitter ridiculing East St. Louis as "the s**thole of the universe.”

Gov. Bruce Rauner is being challenged in the GOP primary by Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), and some reports allege Rauner is unwilling to debate Ives.

Cook County's High Abortion Rate

Maine Township violated the Open Meetings Act during their November 28th, 2017, meeting by allowing the Clerk to vote and instructing three board members that they must abstain. The violation covered in this article lead to this article confirming the Attorney General Public Access Counselor was looking into the matter.

Chicago's Morning Answer - January 30, 2018 - John Kass

Amanda Biela, a former Chicago schoolteacher, is taking on establishment politics in her GOP primary bid for the seat held by longtime Rep. John D'Amico (D-Chicago) with a platform that includes tax relief for Illinois families.

Max Rice, the Glencoe Republican vying in the GOP primary for the right to take on Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston in the 9th Congressional District, insists his heart and politics are in the right place.

A study by Illinois Policy shows that in the seven years after the financial crisis of 2008, property taxes for Illinois residents rose, on average, six times faster than household incomes. That fact is not lost on Amanda Biela, a Chicago schoolteacher who is running in the GOP primary for the seat held by Rep. John D'Amico (D-Chicago) in the 15th House District.

The Chicago Tribune seems to view Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios as the new “Teflon Don.”

Ammie Kessem, a Chicago police officer and Republican candidate seeking the 19th House District seat held by Rep. Robert Martwick (D-Chicago), is weighing in on some of the unfortunate realities that have many residents shaking their heads over high taxes.

The Northwest Side GOP Club is throwing its support behind Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) after members voted to endorse her in the 2018 Republican primary by a nearly 2-1 margin over Gov. Bruce Rauner.

Sheila Weinberg shares new data on the financial state of cities in the area

Don Rosenberg was anxious hearing the news about a 33-year-old immigrant in the United States illegally recently threatening to kill passengers aboard a crowded Greyhound bus bound for Chicago.

Chicago police officer Ammie Kessem is running in the Republican primary in the 19th House District, and she has some pointed things to say about the Democrat incumbent, Rep. Robert Martwick, she is hoping to unseat.

Joseph S. Paglia has been tapped to be the new GOP precinct committeeman in the 41st Ward, bringing to 40 the number of precinct committeemen now positioned on Chicago’s Northwest Side.

Carl Segvich, the Republican committeeman in the 11th Ward, views Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) as being one of a kind in her 2018 Republican primary run against Gov. Bruce Rauner.