Upper 70s. Partly cloudy early this morning. Maybe some patchy fog. It will be cooler along the lake. Cooler than the upper 70s. 63 greg now at the lake front. 64 in lansing. Its 62 aurora. Chocolate composite shows some of that cloud cover over the region of the rain will stay to the south and west. High temperature 79 degrees today cooler along the lake. It was High Temperatures 79. Friday we have spotty showers High Temperature reaches 79. Three days in a row and 79. What wrong with the fourth day . Thats a little foreshadowing. On the roads were looking good to have an accident on the of to the overpass over the eisenhower not causing too many issues. Its still early and the volume is light. Some construction this morning we had a bit over by juliet will tell you about that of one with a few other traffic hot spots in the next few minutes. Three people are in Critical Condition after a car accident in the citys park manor neighborhood. One car crashed into another, near 71st and ca
Manufacturing, access to capital for Small Businesses, making investments in infrastructure, utilizing Domestic Energy resources, Stem Education and implementing smarter regulations. I believe, mr. Speaker, that this remains the best recipe for getting our country back to work. Beyond our job creation efforts, im proud of our leadership on confronting the nations debt crisis. Though not always popular, i refuse to accept the status quo of no budgeting, skyrocketing debt and ignoring the problem which only makes it worse. With over 40 cents now borrowed on every dollar spent by the federal government, this is both a Current Crisis and a future one as well. Last year alone, we spent more paying the interest on the debt than we spent on domestic priorities of education, transportation and Natural Resource protection combined. This is unsustainable. This is why i have dedicated much of my time and effort of reining in spending and in washington. Im proud of our efforts to introduce the fir
Resolution. Tip oneill needs no introduction to this body. Those respect and admire tips record, and his long shadow he cast over the peoples house. We all know his best known fame, all politics is local. Its certainly true today as we propose to name a building right here at the foot of capitol hill, a stones throw from this great dome, in honor the our 55th speaker. This is one of those moments when you wonder how the honoree would feel. Especially when its someone like tip who never quite held back his opinions. Perhaps he would have enjoyed seeing leaders from opposite sides of the aisle come together to give him a well deserved hurrah. Surely he would have gotten a kick of being flanked by a building named after Hubert Humphrey and jerry ford, also leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Tip actually considered mr. Humphrey one of his heroes. And he had one of humphreys quotes put up on the wall in his office. Now, as for jerry ford, they didnt frankly agree on much
Living the memories the day after the sale of The Salmon Stop in Waukegan. One of the area's most venerable bait and tackle shops will close after 52 years.