Archive for June, 2011

A U.S. senator is suggesting a halt to billions of American taxpayer dollars going to projects in Afghanistan unless there is a complete overhaul of how and why the money is spent.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel revealed Thursday that he’s interested in making the Chicago River the next recreational frontier of the city.

“We have a great river, it hasn’t really been paid attention to and I want to make that change,”…

The MSNBC news network suspended political analyst Mark Halperin on Thursday after the Time magazine columnist used a four-letter insult to describe President Barack Obama.

SPRINGFIELD — The death penalty in Illinois officially ends Friday, and the 15 prisoners who once faced execution already have been scattered across prisons throughout the state.
Gov. Pat Quinn signed the ban on capital punishment March 9, but the…

Mitt Romney will travel to Pennsylvania Thursday on the same day as President Obama in a political move to hit the president over his handling of the economy and a clear symbolic step as the frontrunner in the GOP presidential field.The Democratic National Committee hit back at Romney for his “failed leadership” while governor of Massachusetts.”As a candidate, Romney has double downed on the failed economic policies that brought us to the brink of a second Great Depression,” a release from the DNC said.In a DNC conference call with reporters Thursday, former Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania said the Romney event was a “cheap shot” and that the plant’s …

Armed with fresh census data, Latinos around the country are flexing their political muscle. From state legislatures to Congress, the Hispanic vote is getting a voice.

When you’re talking about the economy, start the conversation and end the conversation with the number 350.

The industry behind corporate jets was scrambling Thursday to fend off President Barack Obama’s proposal to eliminate a tax break that encourages businesses to purchase the planes, saying it will hurt the economy and cost jobs.

Aircraft manufacturers,…