AI is on track to ‘democratize financial planning.’ Are investors ready for that? Could AI democratize financial planning? Fortune · Jun 4, 2024
A law that extends prison time for major weapons charges hasn’t cut back gun violence as promised. Should it continue? Lawmakers in Springfield will decide whether to keep the law on the books for another year. It could be gut-check time for those who voted for criminal justice reform. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2023
Meet the new Alnwick vicar who took the job after holidaying in the Northumberland town Reverend Christian Mitchell has been to Alnwick several times, as it is where his wife Vicky grew up Chronicle Live · Jun 26, 2023
Chicago leaders have no real plan to deal with youth violence downtown Instead of doing their jobs, city leaders appear to be allowing legal, investigative and prevention tools to just rust away in a drawer. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 21, 2023
Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention The convention, to run Aug. 19-22, 2024, is expected to draw up to 50,000 visitors to Chicago, which last hosted Democrats in 1996. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 11, 2023
Gov. Pritzker to serve second term with familiar faces — and will continue to personally pay senior staffers The governor also will retain all of his deputy governors, including Christian Mitchell, Sol Flores, Martin Torres and Andy Manar — and his chief of staff, Anne Caprara. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 16, 2022
Property developer ‘cut woman’s head off in row about money then dumped body 250 miles away’ Osteopath Jemma Mitchell, 38, is accused of murdering 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong in a row over money The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022
Woman ‘killed friend and dumped headless corpse in Devon woods’, court told Osteopath Jemma Mitchell, 38, is accused of murdering 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong in a falling out over money in June last year. The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022
Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, other pols keep taking money from pharma companies implicated in opioid crisis The Oak Park Democrat continues to accept campaign money from Johnson & Johnson, 1 of 4 companies paying $26 billion to settle suits accusing them of fueling the crisis. He’s not the only Illinois official doing so. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to visit Argonne National Lab, Hyzon Motors In Bolingbrook, Granholm and Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., will tour Hyzon, which makes zero-emission, hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 22, 2022
‘It’s a mess and I’ve never seen anything like it’: global lost luggage crisis mounts Some are calling it the summer of lost luggage as suitcases get caught in a conveyor belt-shaped vortex that only seems to grow The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2022
In DC, Pritzker, Lightfoot pitch DNC on Chicago bid to host 2024 Democratic convention Top DNC officials also met on Friday with representatives from New York, Houston and Atlanta, the other cities bidding for the convention. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 18, 2022
Gov. Pritzker, Illinois delegation scrambling to grab federal dollars ‘owed’ due to census goof The Census Bureau bungle deprives Republicans of a main attack line: blaming Pritzker and Democrats for Illinois population loss — since, it turns out, the population grew. Chicago Sun-Times · May 21, 2022