Columns
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Go home. We're drunk.Mar 23, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Is our political discourse just an alcohol-fueled last call?
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Jim O’Donnell: Bernstein prompts his own catch-and-release by ‘The Score’Mar 22, 2025 4:36 pm - Chicago media veteran Dan Bernstein was fired Friday by management at WSCR, 670-AM. Bernstein's function-delete transgression at “The Score” was to get into a thoroughly pointless social media crossfire with a face in the crowd who questioned a recent photo of the 54-year-old North Shore native hoisting a fish he had caught at Northerly Island. Following baited public lure, management patience regarding Dan Bernstein caught and released Friday.
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Lincicome: It’s a mad, mad March and we’re stuck in itMar 22, 2025 10:00 am - Nothing deflates like a busted bracket and mine broke early. My team to win it all, Kansas, could not win even one game, losing immediately to a team named, in Ozark speak, Ar-Kansas, not to be confused with Yer-Kansas, and that’s that.
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Illinois human trafficking bill focuses cross-agency coordination, victimsMar 22, 2025 4:00 am - Thousands of human trafficking cases likely unreported in Illinois. New bill aims to improve screening and support.
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Prisoner Review Board sued for negligence a year after released prisoner killed Chicago boyMar 22, 2025 4:00 am - Mother files lawsuit seeking damages from Illinois Prisoner Review Board, Department of Corrections, and others for failing to prevent her ex-boyfriend from murdering her 11-year-old son after his release from prison.
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Illinois lawmakers pursue restrictions on search warrants after botched raid in ChicagoMar 22, 2025 4:00 am - In response to 2019 wrong-address police raid in Chicago, Illinois legislators propose limiting no-knock warrants, restricting late-night raids, and requiring bodycams during warrant executions.
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Pritzker’s community college initiative stalls in House committeeMar 22, 2025 4:00 am - Pritzker's proposal to allow community colleges to offer 4-year degrees stalled in legislature over concerns about impact on existing university programs, but negotiations continue
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Federal DOJ launches probe into Illinois’ treatment of people with disabilitiesMar 22, 2025 4:00 am - The Department of Justice is investigating abuse and neglect allegations at Illinois developmental centers, as well as whether the state puts people with disabilities at risk of institutionalization.
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Blackhawks’ 10 most important positive developments from another lost seasonMar 21, 2025 8:12 am - We all understand the Blackhawks’ situation by now. It’s not a secret. But is it really as bleak as things seem? As things feel? Are we missing the forest for the trees? Yes and no.
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A ‘Wild Mile’ in St. Charles? River Corridor Foundation floating a new idea for boardwalks, gardensMar 21, 2025 5:00 am - The River Corridor Foundation of St. Charles continues to look ahead, proposing a floating garden plan, near the Pottawatomie Park area.