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January 4, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Representatives for Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican challengers led by former President Donald Trump filed petitions Thursday to gain a spot on Illinois’ March 19 partisan presidential primary ballots. Representatives for two other Republican candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, also were in line to file ...
December 26, 2023
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 ...
November 28, 2023
Chicago Tribune's senior political reporter Rick Pearson joins the Steve Cochran Show to discuss how the Democratic PAC violated state election laws, why the State Board of Elections issued them $99,500 in fines, and the "financial constraints" hindering the PAC from fulfilling this penalty. htt
November 23, 2023
The court case is getting a lot of attention
November 3, 2023
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's profile has been on the rise in Democratic circles as he has been able to move his progressive agenda in Illinois.
November 2, 2023
KILLEEN — A trunk or treat at one of Killeen’s Disabled American Veterans posts included children dressed as super heroes and a swashbuckling pirate handing out candy.
November 1, 2023
KILLEEN — A trunk or treat at one of Killeen’s Disabled American Veterans posts included children dressed as super heroes and a swashbuckling pirate handing out candy.
October 29, 2023
Normally a humble building tucked away behind the Post Office in downtown Killeen, the Disabled American Veterans Post 147 was transformed into a spooky abode as half a dozen people
September 6, 2023
• Josh Gerstein, POLITICO’s Senior Legal Affairs Reporter, examines how Trump’s co-defendants are already starting to turn against him. • Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune’s Chief Political Correspondent, asks why President Biden spent so much time campaigning this Summer in an already blue Illinois.
September 6, 2023
Despite Illinois consistently voting Democrat in presidential elections since 1992, the Biden campaign's presence in the state this summer raises questions. Chicago Tribune Senior political reporter Rick Pearson joins the Steve Cochran Show to break down the reasons behind the President's frequent v