Redflex, the Australian firm that operates red light cameras in St. Peters and Wentzville, has lost its contract in Chicago after acknowledging that one of its consultants bribed the bureaucrat in charge of the city's red light program. The company conceded over the weekend that the consultant rece ... More >>
Update January 3, 2:15 p.m.: The same-sex marriage bill will not be heard by the state senate until next week, Illinois Senate Democrats said in a statement this afternoon. Several senators whose "yay" votes are considered necessary for the bill to pass are currently away from Springfield due to fam ... More >>
If Joe Biden makes the papers again for something silly, we're blaming Wash. U.The next time Joe Biden suggests President Obama is surprisingly "bright and clean and articulate," or plagiarizes someone else's life story for a sob-story speech, or suggests "jobs" is a three-letter word, it's going ... More >>
Dan IsomDan Isom confirmed yesterday a report from late last month that he's among the candidates whom Chicago's mayor-elect, Rahm Emanuel, is considering to lead the Windy City's police force. On Wednesday, Isom acknowledged to the Post-Dispatch that he'd been approached by the mayor-elect's sta ... More >>
image via...3......2......1...HAPPY FISCAL NEW YEAR!!Today, October 1, marks the first day of the fiscal year, or, as the kids in the hood call it, FY'11. Thanks to the U.S. Congress, the government didn't completely shut down at midnight. A miracle!In a late-night vote (12:15 a.m. EST) Wednesday ... More >>
