EXPLAINED: 2 - The Real Truth

From Bono to Tyre Nichols’ parents: Who is attending this year’s State of the Union address?

Joe Biden’s speech promises to fire starting pistol on 2024 presidential race

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

Rep. Delia Ramirez to deliver national address for progressive group after President Biden’s State of the Union speech

Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., a member of the House Freedom Caucus and ardent Donald Trump supporter, said she would boycott President Biden’s SOTU address.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 7, 2023

Chicago needs visionary planning in spirit of Daniel Burnham

A key directive of Burnham’s blueprint was to benefit all Chicagoans as part of the City Beautiful philosophy.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2023

These 21 House members didn't vote for Kevin McCarthy. Here's what they want

McCarthy is still short of the votes he needs to be speaker, and it's because of a staunch, anti-establishment, intransigent far-right group that wants government to do a lot less.

WEKU · Jan 5, 2023

Still no House Speaker: Mary Miller, from downstate Illinois, emerges as hard-line McCarthy opponent

Illinois Republican Darin LaHood, a Kevin McCarthy backer involved in negotiations, told the Sun-Times on Wednesday night that “I believe we are making progress. The two sides are working diligently together.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 5, 2023

Chicago progressives in Washington to celebrate one of their own in Congress, Freshman Delia Ramirez

In a day of tumult on the House floor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in three votes, fails to win the speakership. Downstate Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., was among those refusing to support McCarthy.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 4, 2023

Opponents deny McCarthy speaker’s gavel on first vote - Roll Call

Opposition from fellow Republicans denied Kevin McCarthy the role of House speaker on the first roll call vote in the 118th Congress.

Roll Call · Jan 3, 2023

Editorial: GOP forces halt to the military's vaccine mandate to placate the radical fringe

The Republican Party has once again bowed to its radical fringe regarding reasonable precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. An $858 billion defense-funding bill that passed the House last week contains a stipulation that the Pentagon lift its coronavirus vaccination requirement. House Republicans threatened to stall the bill…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 14, 2022

‘Ghost homes’ haunt Baltimore’s housing market. City officials think they have a creative solution

Stepping over needles on the sidewalk, Alexander Cruz walked up to the crumbling front stoop of a West Baltimore home. He craned his neck and looked through an open third-story window to see whether the roof had caved in yet.

Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022

Rep. Mary Miller a national leader when it comes to ‘incendiary rhetoric’ is fueling ‘polarization’

Miller, an Illinois lawmaker from a downstate district, was cited in a New York Times study.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 24, 2022