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DeKalb City Council members react to Kapitan episode

DeKALB – A majority of DeKalb City Council members contacted this week said they were in favor of the severance agreement given to the former city clerk.

Under fire from many sides, Obama alters birth control policy

WASHINGTON – Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.

President Barack Obama, standing with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, smiles Friday before announcing the revamp of his contraception policy.

DeKalb City Council members react to Kapitan episode

DeKALB – A majority of DeKalb City Council members contacted this week said they were in favor of the severance agreement given to the former city clerk. Citing personal reas ... Read More »

Decision unlikely Monday on acting DeKalb city clerk

DeKALB – Officials are not expected to name an acting city clerk at Monday’s DeKalb City Council meeting. Mayor Kris Povlsen said earlier this week that he would appoint an a ... Read More »

State to check for Medicaid fraud sans federal OK

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration will comb records for Medicaid fraud without the federal government’s approval. State officials told aides to President Barack O ... Read More »

Poll: 54 percent disapproves of Quinn’s performance

CHICAGO – More than half of Illinois voters disapprove of Gov. Pat Quinn’s job performance, and just 30 percent approve of what he’s done, according to a recent poll. The Chi ... Read More »

Under fire from many sides, Obama alters birth control policy

WASHINGTON – Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers ... Read More »

Our View: Quinn snubs elephant in Springfield

Gov. Pat Quinn apparently has big plans for Illinois this year. During Wednesday’s State of the State address, he outlined a series of initiatives he said Illinois should emb ... Read More »

Our View: Ground fleet  to air out state  budget tactics

Anytime you can save $7 million a year in a deadbeat state like Illinois, you should jump at the chance, right? That’s the reaction hoped for by state Rep. Bill Mitchell, R-F ... Read More »