Downstate and Chicago, Brothers in Arms?

It’s an Op-Ed, but it’s also propaganda: Mayor Rahm Emanuel was in Peoria earlier this week talking about how Chicago and Downstate politicians need to stop fighting so much. “The politics of the past where we used to play Chicago versus downstate is over....

Bus Driver Injured with Caustic Liquid by Passenger

A CTA bus driver was treated at an area hospital tonight after a woman threw a liquid believed to be rubbing alcohol in the man’s face when the two argued about an expired fare card, police said. via Chicago Tribune. One word yet on whether Rahm’s going to...

DC Metro’s Pervert Problem

[DC] Metro took several steps this week to address complaints that it wasn’t taking sexual harassment seriously enough.  … “I was disturbed to hear their reports about assault and intimidation while riding trains and buses, particularly those accounts which...

Criminal Justice System Failing

A man who knocked out a woman’s teeth in the South Loop in 2008 when she refused to give him a cigarette became violent again, according to police, this time beating up his longtime female companion. The latest attack took place Monday night in the Lawndale...

Gun Owners Need Not Provide ‘Good Reason’

Good news for those who believe in the Second Amendment: Maryland residents do not have to provide a “good and substantial reason” to legally own a handgun, a federal judge ruled Monday, striking down as unconstitutional the state’s requirements for...