I learned recently that California Democrats were pushing hard for a bill that would have given individuals who have crossed over our southern border illegally up to $150,000 to buy their first homes. Here’s how Fox News reported the story, “last month, the California legislature advanced AB 1840, known as the ‘California Dream for All’...
A man who spent a decade behind bars following a conviction for a murder he did not commit was awarded $50 million by a federal jury on Monday following a lawsuit against the City of Chicago and two Chicago police detectives. Marcel Brown, who was wrongfully convicted in 2011 and sentenced to 35 years in...
The Chicago Tribune editorial board urged voters to keep Democratic Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s excessive spending front of mind as she eyes reelection next year. In an editorial titled, “Dolton voters should remember Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s taxpayer-funded 5-star hotel stays and fancy meals,” the board highlighted Henyard’s lavish spending and tax-payer-funded trips, contrasting her over the...
I recently celebrated my godson’s 21st birthday in June at Carson’s Ribs in downtown Chicago. We all laughed and joked as Christion Tucker tried red wine for the first time. Last week Christion was to begin his job at Project H.O.O.D., the non-profit I lead that works every day to build up our community by...
A Chicago man who allegedly shot and killed four passengers at random as they were sleeping on a train on Monday has been charged. Rhanni S. Davis, 30, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, Fox Chicago reported. The four victims were sleeping on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train around 5:30 a.m....
Four people were shot to death on a Chicago-area train on Monday morning, according to Illinois authorities. Authorities were called to a train station in Forest Park, a village in Cook County, at around 5:30 a.m. on Monday. The shooting occurred on a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Blue Line train. Three people were pronounced dead...
Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning on what she characterizes as a record of a tough former prosecutor. But a White House office she has “overseen” may have focused less on gun crimes and more on targeting a legal gun manufacturer. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee says the Biden-Harris administration is stonewalling an investigation...
Illinois will accept submissions for a new state flag design after Labor Day as commissioners decide whether to change the flag. The measure creating a 20-member Illinois Flag Commission (IFC), was signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker last year. The commission is currently deciding whether to change the flag. “History is living, breathing, and...
The votes of the law enforcement professionals and their families will help determine the election as police officers weigh the prospect of heightened lawlessness on American streets under a potential Vice President Harris administration, a retired Illinois police chief predicted. “It’s my personal belief that no police officer or family member should vote for [Harris’]...
One of the most influential people in my life was and still is Joe Stokes. I remember the first time I walked into the classroom at the Washington Carver Elementary School in Muncie, Indiana, and saw the White teacher with a head full of red hair. It might have been the first time I ever...
