Another Illinois Man Charged In January 6th Insurrection

Bill would require armed guards at Chicago retailers. A bill has been introduced in Springfield that would require some grocers and gas stations to hire armed guards. State Rep. Thaddeus Jones is calling it the Armed Security Protection Act and would only apply to municipalities with more than two million residents. Chicago is the only city in the state that qualifies.

One of Illinois’s leading advocates for fiscal and budgetary reform has died. Laurence Msall was president of the Civic Federation of Chicago, and used that platform to advocate for fiscal responsibility and pension reform. Politicians in both parties consulted with him and listened to his recommendations – leading to...

(The Center Square) – Corey Brooks is on a mission to improve lives in Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhood. Mere hours after the Project H.O.O.D. (Helping/ Others/Obtain/Destiny) founder announced this month that he had secured another $8 million donation toward the $35 million he is seeking to build an 85,000-square-foot community center in the heart of the notorious Parkway Gardens neighborhood came yet another jarring example of why Brooks works as hard as he does to fulfill his cause.