Government & Politics

Personal Income Tax rate Could Jump from 3.75% to 4.95% After Tax Hike Bill Passed in Illinois General Assembly

Mon Jul 3, 2017 10:53 am Cardinal News

Corporate Rate Would Rise from 5.25% to 7.00% The Illinois House approved a $5 billion tax hike (SB9) and a spending bill Sunday night July 2, 2017, amounting to a 32 percent increase of the […]

Trump Tweets Satire Wrestling Video of CNN Takedown; CNN Calls It Encouraging Violence Against Reporters

Sun Jul 2, 2017 02:12 pm Cardinal News

Sunday morning July 2, 2017, President Donald J. Trump tweeted an edited video — originally from 2007 — showing him tackling and punching a man, whose head is covered by a superimposed CNN logo during […]

Judge Stops Tomorrow’s Imposed Soda Tax for Cook County Business, Residents

Fri Jun 30, 2017 03:42 pm Cardinal News

A Cook County judge blocked the implementation of a Cook County controversial penny-per-ounce of sugar Soda Tax tax Friday afternoon, June 30, 2017, that was scheduled to begin Saturday, July 1, 2017. Circuit Judge Daniel […]

North Korea Releases Jailed University of Virginia Student Otto Warmbier

Tue Jun 13, 2017 09:12 am Cardinal News

North Korea has released jailed American Otto Warmbier, age 22, who served just over a year of his 15-year sentence. He allegedly took down a propaganda poster of the dead dictator Kim Jong Il on […]

Senate hearing of Former FBI Director James Comey Testimony Live

Thu Jun 8, 2017 09:47 am Cardinal News

James Comey , the former FBI Director, is expected to discuss conversations he had with the President Trump prior to being relieved of his duties. James Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation […]

Salt Creek Rural Park District Commissioners Train at Statewide Seminar

Sat Jun 3, 2017 10:37 am Cardinal News

SPRINGFIELD, IL – – Paul Nagel and Victoria West, commissioners of the Salt Creek Rural Park District, recently attended the Illinois Association of Park Districts’ (IAPD) 2017 Boot Camp in Huntley, Illinois. IAPD offers the […]

Trump Proposes Massive Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP Benefits Over the Next Decade

Mon May 22, 2017 11:21 am Cardinal News

A senior Trump administration official tells CNN the President’s budget to be proposed to Congress tomorrow will cut $800 billion from Medicaid. Medicaid proposal could drop federal funding by 25% and 14 million enrollees could […]

The Owners of an Old Farmhouse with Livestock vs Upscale Neighbors with Luxury Homes and Built-in Swimming Pools at Willow Creek Drive and Route 47

Fri May 19, 2017 04:47 pm Cardinal News

The Chicago suburbs are an ever-expanding encroachment on farmland in northeast Illinois. Some of the richest soil in the world is in the ground of the Lake Michigan basin from the lake shore to the […]

Arlington Heights Police Dept. Moves May 15 to Temporary Facility for New Police Station Construction

Wed May 10, 2017 04:56 pm Cardinal News

The Village of Arlington Heights, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, has announced the moving date for the Arlington Heights Police Department out of the current headquarters, to clear the building at make room for a new […]

Village Trustee Carol Blackwood Chosen As New Arlington Heights President Pro Tem

Tue May 9, 2017 06:04 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes has appointed Trustee Carol Blackwood for the role of president pro tem. Blackwood will replace Trustee Tom Glasgow, who was appointed appointed by Tom Hayes in April 2013, and April […]

President Donald Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey; Search for New Permanent FBI Director Begins Immediately

Tue May 9, 2017 05:05 pm Cardinal News

White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters today that President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. “The president has accepted the recommendation of the Attorney General and the deputy Attorney General […]

House Republicans Pass New Health Bill 217 to 213

Thu May 4, 2017 02:39 pm Cardinal News

After a dramatic week of negotiations, and lobbying from President Donald Trump and Republican leaders, the vote to undo the Affordable Care Act was passed with 217 GOP lawmakers supporting the measure, and 213 (twenty […]

Full 4-Hour Video: FBI Director James Comey Testifies Nearly 4 Hours Before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Wed May 3, 2017 07:44 pm Cardinal News

James B. Comey, the FBI director, faced a Senate committee Wednesday May 3, 2017 inquiring about FBI investigations of Russia and Hillary Clinton. Comey spoke up about why he sent his Oct. 28 letter about […]

David Orr at Village of Arlington Heights Board Meeting

Arlington Heights Village Board Opts Out of Rise in Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Day Requirement

Tue May 2, 2017 04:39 pm Cardinal News

The Arlington Heights village board late Monday night voted 5-4 Monday to opt out of Cook County ordinances raising the minimum wage and mandating businesses to pay employees for sick days. The current Illinois minimum […]

Italian Immigrant Fabio: “California Is a ‘Mess’ Because of Liberalism”

Sat Apr 29, 2017 08:54 pm Cardinal News

Model-actor Fabio argues Gov. Jerry Brown and anti-police, liberal attitudes are ruining California, leaving law enforcement ‘demoralized’ on Tucker Carlson Tonight. Fabio Lanzoni said Thursday on Tucker Carlson Tonight that people have to stand behind […]

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