Medical malpractice lawyers are poised to make more money after Gov. Pat Quinn quietly signed a law allowing them to collect higher fees. Doctors groups criticize the change, arguing that it will result in less money for injured patients who need it for costly health...
In December, George and his young son were watching the horrific details of the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders on television and when he saw the fear in his son’s eyes, his engineering brain kicked in. He said to his son, “We can fix this. We have to do...
This was released while I was on hiatus. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa98FHuaU0]
Not good.
Bail was set at $150,000 today on weapons-related charges for a Brighton Park man already on parole in an attempted murder case after beat officers saw him firing a gun near his home this week. Edgar Jasso, 29, faces charges of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and...
Last year, gunmen who shot and wounded someone got away without criminal charges 94 percent of the time, according to a DNAinfo.com Chicago analysis of police data. That’s even worse than 2011, when 91.5 percent of shooters escaped charges, according to the data....
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. set off alarm bells Friday with a radio spot some view as a call for citizens to arm themselves. In the radio ad, Clarke tells residents personal safety isn’t a spectator sport anymore, and that “I need you in...
So I just posted the Illinois is now worse that California (those of us here could have told you that two years ago.) But I’ll bet all of you have been wondering, “Well what states have good credit ratings?” Yes, yes. I was wondering too. See...
Illinois fell to the bottom of all 50 states in the rankings of a major credit ratings agency Friday following the failure of Gov. Pat Quinn and lawmakers to fix the state’s hemorrhaging pension system during this month’s lame-duck session. Standard & Poor’s...
The richest man in France has officially transferred his multi-billion pound fortune out of his homeland to Belgium. Bernard Arnault, head of luxury goods group LVMH, insists he has moved his assets for ‘family inheritance reasons’. But others are convinced that the...
