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Right-wing, anti-stay-at-home protest in Chicago as COVID-19 cases top 96K with over 4K deaths in IL. ALL IN THIS TOGETHER? -- IL Repub...

Chris Christie and Rahm Emanuel share a laugh during a segment attacking Medicare for All on ABC's "This Week."  MapLigh...

Austan Goolsbee Before he leaves us, our lame duck Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking a few parting shots at the unions and progressives who ...

“So I’ve asked everybody to explore all available options and think creatively out of the box. One of the things I won’t do is kick the c...

Kentucky Wildcats A wildcat strike action, often referred to as a wildcat strike, is a strike action undertaken by unionized workers wit...

Dick & Betsy DeVos are used to buying politicians, despite promises.  Lonnie Scott, executive director of the Progress Michigan  S...

Fred Klonsky It seems nobody is quite sure why Lisa Madigan has suddenly decided to step down from her attorney general post. It's e...

As he was laying off nearly 1,000 more CPS teachers and staff , Rahm Emanuel , speaking at Wednesday's Chicago Investors Conference, ...

Our in-studio guest tomorrow on Hitting Left will be IL State Senator Daniel Biss. He's the second Democrat in the upcoming race for...

(BGA grafic) Gov. Rauner   has vetoed the school funding bill, thereby continuing to deprive the state's neediest districts of milli...

They really cast the deciding vote on healthcare bill.  Tim Hogan, spokesman for Our Lives on the Line “The resistance showed up – we ...

“I’m here because I oppose how education in Germany is structured, that they’re training us to be workers and not thinkers.”  --  Hendro M...

Munger Questions -- What the hell is a "deputy governor" and how many does IL really need? Don't we elect a Lt. Gov.?  Ho...

Dept. Supt. John Escalante   after 54 holiday weekend shootings:  "It's a big city and it's a safe city. It's about 1,500...

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on t...

Chicago School Principal Challenges City Hall Chicago Public School Principal Challenges City Hall "Since Mayor Emanuel began hi...

In public, Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Rauner are squabbling. In private, that's another matter. The two Napa Valley Winery buddies s...

Rahm's latest (3rd in 2 years) hand-picked school boss Forrest Claypool , claims he has no "Plan B" for balancing the city...

Blaine Principal Troy LaRaviere is my early choice for a mayoral run in the next election go-round. He's got the right stuff. Troy...

Harvard Square Posting from Cambridge, MA this morning and feeling a little guilty for ducking out on my city in its time of crisis. Bet...