AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneApr 02, 2021 at 10:33 amA $2.3 billion extension of south to 130th Street. More than 600,000 new water lines across Illinois. A $3 billion total remake of .These are among the scores of projects Illinois state, local and federal officials are pursuing anew as President Joe Biden pushes his to shore up and transform the nation’s infrastructure.AdvertisementWhile Biden’s plan likely faces months of D.C. haggling and is far from a done deal in a narrowly divided Congress, the dusting off of old transportation studies and the writing of new wish lists already has...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneApr 02, 2021 at 10:33 amA $2.3 billion extension of south to 130th Street. More than 600,000 new water lines across Illinois. A $3 billion total remake of .These are among the scores of projects Illinois state, local and federal officials are pursuing anew as President Joe Biden pushes his to shore up and transform the nation’s infrastructure.AdvertisementWhile Biden’s plan likely faces months of D.C. haggling and is far from a done deal in a narrowly divided Congress, the dusting off of old transportation studies and the writing of new wish lists already has...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMar 04, 2021 at 1:19 pmFormer Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner made a $250,000 campaign contribution to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week after seniors in the uber-wealthy Florida Keys enclave where Rauner owns a home were among the first in the state to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in January.Rauner’s connection to the favorable treatment Wednesday by the Miami Herald, which obtained a memo the management of the exclusive Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo sent to residents noting that its medical center had vaccinations for residents age 65 and over while most...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMar 04, 2021 at 1:19 pmFormer Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner made a $250,000 campaign contribution to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week after seniors in the uber-wealthy Florida Keys enclave where Rauner owns a home were among the first in the state to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in January.Rauner’s connection to the favorable treatment Wednesday by the Miami Herald, which obtained a memo the management of the exclusive Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo sent to residents noting that its medical center had vaccinations for residents age 65 and over while most...WW…

Former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner made a $250,000 campaign contribution to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week after seniors in the uber-wealthy Florida Keys enclave where Rauner owns a home were among the first in the state to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in January. Rauner’s connection to the favorable treatment Wednesday by the Miami Herald, which obtained a memo the management of the exclusive Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo sent to residents noting that its medical center had vaccinations for residents age 65 and over while most Floridians struggled to access the shots. DeSantis has...…Former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner made a $250,000 campaign contribution to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week after seniors in the uber-wealthy Florida Keys enclave where Rauner owns a home were among the first in the state to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in January. Rauner’s connection to the favorable treatment Wednesday by the Miami Herald, which obtained a memo the management of the exclusive Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo sent to residents noting that its medical center had vaccinations for residents age 65 and over while most Floridians struggled to access the shots. DeSantis has...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneFeb 06, 2021 at 5:00 amDuring the 2019 run-up to what would become the Chicago Teachers Union’s longest strike in decades, Mayor Lori Lightfoot took stock of the differences between the labor issues she was facing and those that haunted her predecessor, Rahm Emanuel.There were many distinctions, Lightfoot said, between the situation when teachers walked out in 2012 and what she was confronting seven years later. But to her, one key point stood out.Advertisement“I’m not Rahm,” with conviction.Nevertheless, like Emanuel, Lightfoot has endured a teachers strike...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneFeb 06, 2021 at 5:00 amDuring the 2019 run-up to what would become the Chicago Teachers Union’s longest strike in decades, Mayor Lori Lightfoot took stock of the differences between the labor issues she was facing and those that haunted her predecessor, Rahm Emanuel.There were many distinctions, Lightfoot said, between the situation when teachers walked out in 2012 and what she was confronting seven years later. But to her, one key point stood out.Advertisement“I’m not Rahm,” with conviction.Nevertheless, like Emanuel, Lightfoot has endured a teachers strike...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneNov 04, 2020 at 11:43 pmA determination on whether critical Midwestern battleground states would fall to President Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden promised to stretch into the early morning hours Wednesday — if not longer — as election officials worked to tally a record number of early votes cast in the midst of a pandemic.Biden won deep blue Illinois and held onto Minnesota for Democrats while Trump took reliably red Indiana and repeated GOP wins in Ohio and Iowa. The outcomes, however, were not final late Tuesday in two critical bricks in the Democrats’...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneNov 04, 2020 at 11:43 pmA determination on whether critical Midwestern battleground states would fall to President Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden promised to stretch into the early morning hours Wednesday — if not longer — as election officials worked to tally a record number of early votes cast in the midst of a pandemic.Biden won deep blue Illinois and held onto Minnesota for Democrats while Trump took reliably red Indiana and repeated GOP wins in Ohio and Iowa. The outcomes, however, were not final late Tuesday in two critical bricks in the Democrats’...WW…

JANESVILLE, WIS. — Just five days removed from his White House coronavirus quarantine, President Donald Trump held a large rally Saturday in Wisconsin, where he downplayed the pandemic in a state suffering from a record-high surge in COVID-19 cases. At the top of a meandering 93-minute speech, Trump criticized Gov. Tony Evers for holding Wisconsin back amid the pandemic — despite the fact Republicans already had successfully overturned several of the Democratic governor’s public health measures. Advertisement “We’re doing great, we’re doing really well. I wish you’d have a Republican...…JANESVILLE, WIS. — Just five days removed from his White House coronavirus quarantine, President Donald Trump held a large rally Saturday in Wisconsin, where he downplayed the pandemic in a state suffering from a record-high surge in COVID-19 cases. At the top of a meandering 93-minute speech, Trump criticized Gov. Tony Evers for holding Wisconsin back amid the pandemic — despite the fact Republicans already had successfully overturned several of the Democratic governor’s public health measures. Advertisement “We’re doing great, we’re doing really well. I wish you’d have a Republican...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneNov 05, 2020 at 7:15 pmGoing into Tuesday’s voting, the list of battleground states that President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden were fighting for was a long 13. By the end of the night, that list had shrunk to a half-dozen.By Wednesday morning, all eyes were on three familiar battlegrounds: Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.Propelled by the late counting of votes from Democratic strongholds, Biden had taken a lead in Michigan and Wisconsin by late morning Wednesday, while Trump remained in front in Pennsylvania with hundreds of thousands of...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneNov 05, 2020 at 7:15 pmGoing into Tuesday’s voting, the list of battleground states that President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden were fighting for was a long 13. By the end of the night, that list had shrunk to a half-dozen.By Wednesday morning, all eyes were on three familiar battlegrounds: Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.Propelled by the late counting of votes from Democratic strongholds, Biden had taken a lead in Michigan and Wisconsin by late morning Wednesday, while Trump remained in front in Pennsylvania with hundreds of thousands of...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneAug 20, 2020 at 11:13 amFormer President Barack Obama delivered an unsparing attack on President Donald Trump at the virtual , accusing his successor of using the nation’s highest office to help himself and his friends, and treating the presidency like a “reality show” to get “the attention he craves.”Speaking from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia under the convention night’s theme of “A more perfect union,” Obama accused Trump of failing to take the job seriously, resulting in a massive death toll due to the pandemic, job and economic...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneAug 20, 2020 at 11:13 amFormer President Barack Obama delivered an unsparing attack on President Donald Trump at the virtual , accusing his successor of using the nation’s highest office to help himself and his friends, and treating the presidency like a “reality show” to get “the attention he craves.”Speaking from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia under the convention night’s theme of “A more perfect union,” Obama accused Trump of failing to take the job seriously, resulting in a massive death toll due to the pandemic, job and economic...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMay 22, 2020 at 6:24 amRahm Emanuel is having regular conversations with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his top advisers about economic policy, the selection of a running mate and the political machinations of taking on President Donald Trump.While Chicago’s former mayor is keeping the specifics to himself, he offered some hints about his counsel while mic’d up during a round of recent TV and podcast appearances.AdvertisementAmong Emanuel’s ideas: Democrats should stop looking timid on reopening the country amid the coronavirus...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMay 22, 2020 at 6:24 amRahm Emanuel is having regular conversations with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his top advisers about economic policy, the selection of a running mate and the political machinations of taking on President Donald Trump.While Chicago’s former mayor is keeping the specifics to himself, he offered some hints about his counsel while mic’d up during a round of recent TV and podcast appearances.AdvertisementAmong Emanuel’s ideas: Democrats should stop looking timid on reopening the country amid the coronavirus...WW…