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Local officials seek pension relief from Illinois statehouse

The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – Local officials are urging the Illinois state government to assist in addressing local pension deficits. Chicago has the highest unfunded pension liabilities in Illinois Chicago owes nearly $34 billion in unfunded pension liabilities for public safety workers like police, firefighters, and other city positions.  Mayor Lori Lightfoot spoke at the City Club of Chicago last week and discussed what she characterized as the city's strides in devoting tax dollars to pay […]

todayFebruary 5, 2023 491

Chicagoland Region

12 arrested, at least 18 injured at Chicago protest

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Activists and elected officials in Chicago have called for the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park following Friday-night confrontations that led to at least 12 arrests, as well as injuries to protesters and officers. Officials have also condemned the police's tactics in responding to the protest, citing among others an incident where an officer hit Miracle Boyd, an 18-year-old woman and knocked her tooth out. At a news conference Saturday, Boyd said she was […]

todayJuly 18, 2020 5

Entertainment News

Wrestling Recap: February 15, 2020

(Heartland Newsfeed/Ambush Sports) -- It's Saturday and it's yet another night of pro wrestling. Here's a recap of MLW Fusion and Ring Of Honor Wrestling for February 15, 2020. MLW Fusion It's rare that Major League Wrestling owner Court Bauer allows anyone outside of his broadcast and production teams to run each show, but it has happened. Tonight's broadcast is produced by stable members of The Dynasty - Richard Holliday, Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) and Alexander Hammerstone. Three matches were […]

todayFebruary 16, 2020 6

National

7 billion-year-old stardust found in Australian meteorite

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Scientists have found stardust older than the sun trapped in the Murchison meteorite, which crashed into Australia in 1969. "These are the oldest solid materials ever found, and they tell us about how stars formed in our galaxy," Philipp Heck, a curator at the Field Museum and associate professor at the University of Chicago, said in a news release. Presolar grains are bits of stardust that were formed before the birth of the sun. The grains are […]

todayJanuary 14, 2020 6

Entertainment

Wrestling Recap: AEW Dynamite (January 1, 2020)

In the Wednesday Night Wars, AEW Dynamite was the only show to go live on New Year's Day, while rival NXT aired a pre-recorded year in review broadcast. Dynamite went live from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Fla., the corporate home of All Elite Wrestling and of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The show opens with an intro regarding The Elite (Cody Rhodes, Matt and Nick Jackson, "Hangman" Adam Page and Kenny Omega), stating they need to prove something in 2020, with the […]

todayJanuary 4, 2020 37

Illinois

Population loss in Illinois more than 51,000 in 2019, most lost in decade

(The Center Square) -- Illinois lost nearly 105,000 people in net domestic migration from 2018 to 2019, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Monday. In total, the Land of Lincoln lost on net 51,250 people, the largest annual population decline this decade. Its the sixth consecutive year Illinois' population declined. The 51,250 in net population loss is roughly the size of the village of Hoffman Estates in suburban Chicago or Normal in downstate McLean County. The U.S. Census […]

todayDecember 30, 2019 30

Business & Lifestyle

Small business owners prepare for minimum wage hikes in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) -- Small business owners around the state are preparing for two minimum wage hikes in 2020. The minimum wage for most employees in Illinois will increase to $9.25 on Jan. 1 and then will jump to $10 an hour in July. “Our members, especially those in downstate small communities, are very concerned because so many of them are the small cafes and restaurants, the small retailers who provide a lot of entry-level jobs for folks in […]

todayDecember 28, 2019 4

AEW News

AEW Dynamite secures second week victory over NXT despite viewer decline

BOSTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Despite a decline in cable viewership as a result of the 2019 MLB Playoffs, AEW was able to top WWE NXT for the second consecutive week in a row. Dynamite was live from the Agganis Arena in Boston for its second live television broadcast. NXT was live from Full Sail University and hasn't reported any plans to film elsewhere as of publication. Dynamite received a viewership of 1.018 million viewers, a 28 percent drop overall from […]

todayOctober 10, 2019 17

AEW News

AEW Dynamite secures victory in inaugural week against WWE’s NXT of Wednesday night wrestling war

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- All Elite Wrestling's AEW Dynamite shocked and awed the wrestling world throughout its two-hour premiere Wednesday night as professional wrestling returned to TNT for the first time in two decades. Facing off head-to-head with WWE's NXT on the same night and the same time slot sparked the beginning of a Wednesday night war, but was AEW Dynamite all that it was hyped up to be? Dave Meltzer from Wrestling Observer released early market ratings numbers […]

todayOctober 3, 2019 35

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