CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — A Chicago city inspector accused of threatening Sen. Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport) has been denied pre-trial release. Joseph Haggerty faces two felony counts of threatening a state official. Haggerty appeared in court Monday afternoon and was denied release from the Stephenson County Jail ahead of his trial.…
STEPHENSON COUNTY, Ill. — A Chicago man is in jail after sending threatening emails to Illinois state senator Andrew Chesney back in September. “He disagreed with me on certain policies related to immigration, and I was very critical of Governor Pritzker and his approach in the city of Chicago,” said…
CHICAGO — An Illinois state senator was recorded discussing campaign contributions and a job for an intern in exchange for changes to legislation to protect the red light camera ticketing network operating in many suburbs, according to a new filing from federal prosecutors. State Sen. Emil Jones, III (D-Chicago) is…