Category Archives: Recently On WLS-AM
Nurses to Rally Over VA Staffing
(CHICAGO) -- VA nurses will hold a rally Friday in Chicago as part of a nationwide action to demand a fully funded and fully staffed VA. The rally follows the release of this year's OIG report, which ...
Sep 09, 2025
Gubernatorial Hopeful List Grows
(CHICAGO) -- Add another name to the list of those looking to unseat Gov. JB Pritzker. Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner posted to social media over the weekend that he is "strongly considering" a run for g...
Sep 08, 2025
List of Gubernatorial Candidates Grows
(CHICAGO) -- Add another name to the list of those vying to unseat Gov. JB Pritzker. The president of Wirepoints.org, a nonpartisan fiscal commentary website, is jumping into the race. "I haven't offi...
Sep 04, 2025
IDOT Reopens Ramps, Kennedy Construction Continues
(CHICAGO) -- Wednesday morning saw the reopening of three major ramps on the outbound side of the Kennedy. The reopening of the ramps at Kimball, Addison and Pulaski means that all lanes of outbound t...
Sep 03, 2025
President Trump confirming federal intervention is headed to Chicago
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to Chicago and Baltimore, despite local officials in both places opposing such moves. Asked by reporters in...
Sep 02, 2025
Deadly Chicago Weekend, Trump to Respond
(CHICAGO) -- After a violent weekend in Chicago that saw at least 54 people shot, seven fatally, Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continue to deny federal help. This as President Don...
Sep 02, 2025
The Great Lakes Naval Base confirms it will be used as part of a crackdown on violence and immigration in Chicago
The Trump administration asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations this week, offering a clue of what an expanded law enforcement crackdown might look like in the nat...
Aug 28, 2025
A license plate reading company halts operations over concerns in Illinois
One of the nation's leading operators of automated license-plate reading systems announced Monday it has paused its operations with federal agencies because of confusion and concern - including in Ill...
Aug 26, 2025
Northwestern settles a lawsuit with its former football coach
Northwestern University has reached a settlement with former longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald two years after he sued the prestigious school amid a team hazing scandal, attorneys and the school ...
Aug 21, 2025
Illinois is one of several states with the largest number of immigrants living illegally in the U.S.
The number of people in the United States illegally surged to an all-time high of 14 million in 2023, a research group said Thursday, a major increase that still falls well short of estimates from Pre...
Aug 21, 2025
