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Hazel Crest Mayor Vernard Alsberry speaks during Congresswoman Robin Kelly's Feb. 20 news conference held to challenge recent moves by the Trump administration to cut programs. From left are Debra Shore, former EPA Region 5 administrator; Veronica Clarke, president and CEO of TCA Health; and Kelly. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)

Local News

Kelly holds news conference, town hall to push back against Trump moves

The Trump administration lost little time embarking on its stated mission of reducing the size of the federal government, and one of its first moves, a week after Donald Trump was inaugurated, had an immediate impact locally. On Jan. 27, the administration announced that the next day federal grants and loans[Read More…]

March 4, 2025 by Eric Crump Comments are Disabled

Cook County 6th District Commissioner Donna Miller offers remarks resolving to stand by the county's diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in spite of attacks from the federal government. Commissioner Kisha McCaskill, right, awaits her turn to talk at the news conference Thursday. (Provided video screen capture)

Opinion

Column: Cook County officials commit to protecting programs, values from Trump administration onslaught

The first chapter in historian Timothy Snyder’s 2017 book, “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” is “Do Not Obey in Advance.” Corporate America, especially its leaders from the billionaire class, apparently didn’t find time to read Snyder’s slim volume, because even before Election Day, they began to obey[Read More…]

February 6, 2025 by Eric Crump Comments are Disabled