Archives

Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2017
Video
Todd Stroger drops out of race for Cook County Board president, and other Chicago news

Also, Obama returns to Chicago Tuesday for Emanuel climate change meeting.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Todd Stroger, Cook County Board, Toni Preckwinkle, Election 2018, Water Reclamation District, Rahm Emanuel, climate change, environmental issues, Barack Obama, Mike Madigan, Illinois house, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Public Schools, gun violence, the Anti Butcher, vegan food, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2017
Video
Chicago has a real shot at hosting World Cup games in 2026, and other news

Also, the Illinois house failed to pass a ban on semiautomatic rifle bump stocks.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, World Cup, Soldier Field, soccer, Chicago Sports Commission, gun violence, gun control, Michael D. LaPorta, Patrick Kelly, off-duty cops, $44.7 million settlement, Chicago Police Department, Jerry Costello, Illinois house, Illinois General Assembly, Bruce Rauner, Illinois senate, Chicago Police Department, Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, Saint Louis, Chicago River, Environmental Protection Agency, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2017
Video
Illinois school funding bill waits on Rauner's desk after house and senate pass it, and other Chicago news

Also, Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan sues the city to enforce police reform.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois house, Illinois senate, Bruce Rauner, Kimberly Lightford, Chicago Police Department, police reform, Lisa Madigan, Jeff Sessions, Anthony Rizzo, Lurie Children's Hospital, cancer, Chicago Cubs, Theotis Luckett, Richard Boykin, gun violence, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, Carmelo Anthony, Moosah Reaume, Virgin Hotel, Commons Club, Rebecca LaMalfa, Public Hotel Chicago, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2017
Video
Report: Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda may not perform as Alexander Hamilton in Chicago, and other news

Also, parolees can no longer be arrested for being spotted with a gang member in Illinois.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton, Broadway, Oscar López Rivera, Bruce Rauner, gangs, Kelly Cassidy, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois house, Illinois senate, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, Jesse White, J.B. Pritzker, Election 2018, immigration issues, ICE, deportation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Adalberto United Methodist Church, Obama Presidential Center, Obama Foundation, Barack Obama, Midway Plaisance, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 15, 2017
Video
Emanuel slams Trump over Charlottesville: ‘Members of the neo-Nazi and the KKK think they have a friend in the Oval Office,’ and other Chicago news

Also, Rauner isn't happy with the state senate's override of his school funding veto.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Donald Trump, Charlottesville, Virginia, Rahm Emanuel, Ku Klux Klan, Nazis, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, racism, bigotry, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Public Schools, IllinoissSenate, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois house, Mike Houlihan, Jesus Chuy Garcia, Matt O'Shea, Barack Obama, pedestrians, Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Michael Jordan, Vogue, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2017
Video
Illinois senate overrides Rauner's amendatory veto of the school funding bill, and other news

Also, hundreds of Chicagoans gathered Sunday to denounce racism and bigotry after the violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois senate, Illinois house, Illinois General Assembly, Chicago Public Schools, Bruce Rauner, Illinois State Board of Education, Sam McCann, Election 2018, neo-Nazis, white nationalists, Charlottesville, Virginia, white supremacists, racism, bigotry, Ku Klux Klan, Nazis, Donald Trump, Don Harmon, Chance the Rapper, Bud Billiken Parade, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Transit Authority, Rahm Emanuel, Andrew Warren, Wyndham Lathem, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Chicago Police Department, solar eclipse, Amtrak, Champaign, Carbondale, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2017
Michael Madigan is now the longest-serving state house speaker in American history, and other Chicago news

Also, prompted by the highly unpopular pop tax, Cook County commissioner Richard Boykin is mulling a 2018 run against board president Toni Preckwinkle.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois house speaker Michael Madigan, Illinois house, Springfield, South Carolina, Solomon Blatt, National Congress of State Legislators, Bon Appetit magazine, Julia Kramer, Time Out Chicago, restaurants, Richard Boykin, soda tax, pop tax, sweetened beverage tax, Cook County, Toni Preckwinkle, taxes, DuPage County, Rahm Emanuel, immigration issues, sanctuary cities, Department of Justice, Danny Davis, Jeff Sessions, Mark Halperin, George Stephanopoulos, Laquan McDonald, Wyndham Lathem, Northwestern University, bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, the Black Death, Institut Pasteur, Paris, immunology, infectious diseases, France, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, River North murder, Andrew Warren

Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2017
Video
Rauner vetoes school funding bill, and other Chicago news

Also, the number of homicides in Chicago in 2017 is now on pace to exceed 2016 levels.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Governor Bruce Rauner, Chicago Public Schools, pensions, Illinois senate, Illinois house, Illinois General Assembly, gun violence, gang violence, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, President Donald Trump, police brutality, Mariann Mayberry, Steppenwolf Theatre, August: Osage County, Good People, Anna Shapiro, Get In Chicago, anti-violence initiatives, Lupe Fiasco, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Fifth Harmony, Fat Joe, Jeremih, music festivals, Guaranteed Rate Field, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 7, 2017
Video
Lockdown at the Illinois State Capitol delays house override of Rauner's budget veto, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicago is raising $2.5 million less than anticipated from its seven-cent bag tax.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois General Assembly, Bruce Rauner, Illinois house, Springfield, Illinois senate, hazmat, llinois State Capitol, Susana Mendoza, state budget impasse, John Cullerton, bag tax, Rahm Emanuel, Election 2019, Eataly, restaurant openings, Gelato D'Oro, Italian restaurants, Sapori Antichi Bar Italiano, Chance the Rapper, rap music, Stevie Wonder, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 6, 2017
Video
More than 100 people were shot and 15 killed over the long weekend, and other Chicago news

Also, Michael Madigan delays the Illinois house vote to override Rauner's veto of the budget package and income tax hike until Thursday.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, gun violence, gang violence, Mike Madigan, state budget impasse, Bruce Rauner, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois house, Illinois senate, taxes, Donald Trump, David Orr, Illinois State Board of Elections, Streeterville, Trump International Hotel and Tower, real estate, Chicago real estate market, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 2, 2017
Moody's and S&P cut Illinois’s bond rating to one step above junk as Springfield fails to reach a budget deal, and other Chicago news

Also, the battle over gentrification around the 606 has intensified.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Moody's, Standard & Poor's, S&P, Illinois credit rating, Illinois General Assembly, Springfield, Bruce Rauner, state budget impasse, Illinois senate, Illinois house, Chicago Board of Education, elected school board, minimum wage hike, Chicago Public Schools, Rod Blagojevich, J.B. Pritzker, Election 2018, Barack Obama, Proco Joe Moreno, Robert Maldonado, Chance the Rapper, the 606, gentrification, Jones College Prep, The View

Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2017
Video
The Illinois General Assembly is back in session with little hope for a budget deal, and other Chicago news

Also, CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson is "ready" for his kidney transplant.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois General Assembly, state budget impasse, Illinois house, Illinois senate, Governor Bruce Rauner, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, sexual violence, gun violence, Illinois, Tronc, Chicago News Guild, Hillary Clinton, David Roeder, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, CNN, Dana Bash, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2016
Raise your hand if you got up before dawn to vote for the Tribune's guy

The paper neglects to remind us whom it backed for president.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party, Chicago Tribune, Samuel Johnson, Illinois House

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2014
Illinois politicians now talking openly about legalizing pot

At a press conference Monday, a group of elected officials set a goal of legalizing, regulating, and taxing marijuana sales for recreational use in Illinois.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Politics, News, arrests, cannabis, Chicago Police Department, Chicago politics, Christian Mitchell, Colorado, Cook County, decriminalization, drug policies, Gallup poll, grass gap, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois house, John Fritchey, Kelly Cassidy, legalization, marijuana, medical marijuana, Michael Zalewski, police, politics of pot, pot, racial disparities, regulation, Washington

Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2014
Elected officials say it's time for Illinois to move toward legalizing marijuana

A call for legalization in Illinois is the latest sign of the shifting politics of pot.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Politics, News, ACLU, arrests, Barack Obama, cannabis, Chicago Police Department, Chicago politics, City Council, Colorado, Cook County, decriminalization, drug policies, Gallup poll, grass gap, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois house, John Fritchey, legalization, marijuana, medical marijuana, police, politics of pot, pot, President Obama, Proco Joe Moreno, racial disparities, regulation, Robyn Gabel, Sara Feigenholtz, Washington

News & Politics, Feature Jul 24, 2013
In the weeds of the state's medical marijuana law

Illinois's new cannabis program will help some ill patients, but its many rules, restrictions, and uncertainties are a real buzz kill.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, medical marijuana, Illinois Department of Public Health, pain, Wall Street Journal, Colorado, New Hampshire, California, documentation, Julie Falco, stress, drug reform, crime, patients, driving records, background checks, registration, dispensing organizations, dispensaries, marijuana, FAQ, frequently asked questions, q&a, questions and answers, dialogues, drugs, drug policy, Al Sharp, Community Renewal Society, cancer, debilitating medical conditions, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, MS, Parkinson's, Crohn's, lupus, traumatic brain injuries, cannabis, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Dan Linn, NORML, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Illinois state law, zero tolerance, Alaska, Oregon, Illinois Senate, marijuana cultivation, growing marijuana, cultivation centers, Illinois Department of Agriculture, police districts, Illinois State Police, licensing fees, Massachusetts, Michigan, federal law, Illinois House, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. attorneys, Montana, Gabriel Plotkin, Illinois General Assembly, MedMen, Adam Bierman, banks, lending, Miller Shakman & Beem, political contributions, political campaigns, Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program, Pat Quinn, drug legalization, regulation, Lou Lang, pilot programs, Eric Berlin, decriminalization, patients' rights

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2011
Today's marijuana lesson comes from New York City

How Chicago can take a cue from New York City on pot possession.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Crime, The Reefer, Weed Week, Politics, Clout City, African-Americans, arrests, cannabis, Chicago City Council, Chicago police, decriminalization, drug dealing, drug possession, Father Pfleger, illegal searches, Illinois house, legalization, marijuana, Michael Pfleger, New York, New York City, New York City police, police, pot, probable cause, racial disparities, Raymond Kelly, reefer, street dealing, Variations on a Theme, weed

Blogs, Bleader Dec 3, 2010
"Legislators by Their Very Nature Are Not Profiles in Courage"

Representative Lou Lang says he needs to find two votes to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois.
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, Politics, News Bites, News, Clout City, Representative Lou Lang, Illinois civil unions bill, Illinois medical marijuana bill, Montel Williams, Illinois House

Blogs, Bleader May 6, 2010
The Latest Chicago Public Schools News

A pro-voucher liberal weighs in on the failure of the Illinois school voucher bill.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Politics, Clout City, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, school vouchers, Illinois house

Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2009
More reasons to legalize it
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Politics, Clout City, News, The Reefer, marijuana, decriminalization, legalization, medical marijuana, cannabis, Illinois House, Illinois Senate, tax revenue, war on drugs

Browse

Browse News & Politics

Browse Music

Browse Film

Browse Arts & Culture

Browse Food & Drink

Browse City Life

Browse Columns

Browse Ads

Browse Events

Articles

Issue.Year

Features

Sort by:

Also, Obama returns to Chicago Tuesday for Emanuel climate change meeting.

Also, the Illinois house failed to pass a ban on semiautomatic rifle bump stocks.

Also, Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan sues the city to enforce police reform.

Also, parolees can no longer be arrested for being spotted with a gang member in Illinois.

Also, Rauner isn't happy with the state senate's override of his school funding veto.

Also, hundreds of Chicagoans gathered Sunday to denounce racism and bigotry after the violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville.

Also, prompted by the highly unpopular pop tax, Cook County commissioner Richard Boykin is mulling a 2018 run against board president Toni Preckwinkle.

Also, the number of homicides in Chicago in 2017 is now on pace to exceed 2016 levels.

Also, Chicago is raising $2.5 million less than anticipated from its seven-cent bag tax.

Also, Michael Madigan delays the Illinois house vote to override Rauner's veto of the budget package and income tax hike until Thursday.

Also, the battle over gentrification around the 606 has intensified.

Also, CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson is "ready" for his kidney transplant.

The paper neglects to remind us whom it backed for president.

At a press conference Monday, a group of elected officials set a goal of legalizing, regulating, and taxing marijuana sales for recreational use in Illinois.

A call for legalization in Illinois is the latest sign of the shifting politics of pot.

Illinois's new cannabis program will help some ill patients, but its many rules, restrictions, and uncertainties are a real buzz kill.

How Chicago can take a cue from New York City on pot possession.

Representative Lou Lang says he needs to find two votes to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois.

A pro-voucher liberal weighs in on the failure of the Illinois school voucher bill.

Other Searches