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The Columbiana 40&8 Veterans organization recently gave a $500 scholarship to a local nursing student at Hanna Mullins. Pictured is Dick Simpson presenting the scholarship to Lillian Schmucker. A portion of membership fees goes toward the scholarship each year as do proceeds from the organization’s monthly breakfasts. The next breakfast will be held at the […]

The city of Salisbury held a discussion about Lot 10 and the plans to develop the parking lot. Lot 10 is adjacent to the Wicomico County Courthouse. The city is

CHICAGO — Days after Chicago voters said no to raising the real estate transfer tax on property sales over $1 million to combat homelessness in the city, supporters of the measure struck a tone of humility. “When voters send a message through their votes, we have a responsibility to listen, even if we disagree,” a […]

“It’s a very dangerous practice to have an executive use their authority to investigate political opponents," said Dick Simpson, ethics and corruption expert at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Unions representing teachers, laborers and police officers are spending big bucks to try primarying southern Illinois Republicans.

The group Southside Chicagoans is not registered with the Illinois State Board of Elections, but took out a $2.6K ad supporting Mayor Brandon Johnson.

CARBONDALE. — Dick Simpson, a former Chicago alderman, campaign strategist and author, will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Tuesday, Feb. 6, for a virtual

Dick Simpson, a former Chicago alderman, campaign strategist and author, will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Tuesday, Feb. 6, for a virtual conversation on his two latest books that look at Chicago politics.

CHICAGO — Generations of Chicagoans accustomed to grimy politics might view former Ald. Ed Burke’s federal racketeering conviction last week as just another case in a long conga line of crooked aldermen. But Burke was an undisputed Democratic kingpin. He not only set a record for serving 54 years in the City Council, but he departed in May as the last alderman who rose to power in the era of ...

Generations of Chicagoans accustomed to grimy politics might view former Ald. Ed Burke’s federal racketeering conviction last week as just another case in a long conga line of crooked aldermen. But Burke was an undisputed Democratic kingpin. He not only set a record for serving 54 years in the City Council, but he departed in May as the last alderman who rose to power in the era of Mayor ...