IRMA's Featured Retailer
We Are Retail: M.D. Trains
M.D. Trains in downtown Woodstock is a full-service hobby shop owned by Matt Drennan, offering model trains, cars, and collectibles for hobbyists of all ages.
The store has become a welcoming community hub for those with a passion for railroading and model building. From vintage finds to modern supplies, M.D. Trains has it all for nostalgic and creative collectors.
Sponsored Content
-
More than six months before voters have their say in dozens of city, state and county races, campaign contribution limits in several high profile races are already out the window.
-
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday that she warned state officials that Illinois’ gaming expansion law would never allow a Chicago casino to get off the ground — and said a feasibility study proved she had been right all along.
“I would hope that nobody underestimates me. Ever. But we will see,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. “I’m the new kid on the block.” [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
-
With the Illinois Gaming Board poised to release a study on Tuesday that will detail the feasibility of building Chicago’s casino on the South or West sides, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that highly anticipated assessment will determine whether she uses projected revenues to help close the city’s budget gap.
Flanked by Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said a study set to be released Tuesday would determine whether a Chicago casino was feasible. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
-
AUG 13, 2019
UNLOCKED
Maurice Cox. [Submitted]
Maurice Cox had only been in Detroit a few months when he declared in 2016 that Motor City would become the “most bike-friendly city in America.”
The promise shocked Todd Scott, executive director of the Detroit Greenways Coalition bike advocacy group. Scott said he was even more surprised when Cox followed through on his promise. -
City crews are on pace to tear down the fewest number of vacant homes since 2016, as city officials are no longer required to give aldermen 10 days’ notice for demolitions.
-
AUG 12, 2019
Attorney Jacob Meister accused Cook County Board of Review Comm. Michael Cabonargi of a litany of ethical violations on Friday and urged the Cook Cook County Democratic Party not to back Cabonargi next week in the race for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk.
Attorney and Cook County circuit court clerk candidate Jacob Meister held a press conference outside the office of Board of Review commissioner Michael Cabonargi, his rival for the clerk seat, to accuse Cabonargi of ethical conflicts of interest. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
-
The deaths of six pedestrians on Chicago’s streets in July erased gains from the first six months of 2019, according to data compiled by the Chicago Department of Transportation.
-
AUG 09, 2019
The only Democrat to announce he will challenge State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s bid for re-election as Cook County State’s Attorney seat will do so without seeking an endorsement from the Cook County Democratic Party.
Bill Conway [Submitted]
-
The Cook County GOP is looking for a few good Republicans to run in 2020 — and the push to find candidates will be led by the 31-year-old chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly.
Jesus Solario will lead the Cook County GOP's Candidate Recruitment Committee. [Submitted]
-
AUG 08, 2019
The story behind a dramatic weekend gun confiscation Mayor Lori Lightfoot used to blast lenient judges during a news conference on Tuesday is more complicated than she or police Supt. Eddie Johnson let on.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Supt. Eddie Johnson shared a photo of assault rifles confiscated by Chicago Police over the weekend to call attention to defendants who are released on bail after being charged in illegal possession of a gun. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
-
AUG 07, 2019
Mayor Lori Lightfoot again blasted judges she said were too lenient on gun owners in her first remarks after the most city’s violent weekend this year.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot holds up a photo of assault rifles that Chicago Police say they confiscated on Friday. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
-
AUG 07, 2019
The city will tap a federal tax credit to spread more than $12 million in subsidies among up to eight new low-income housing developments during the next two years, in a plan officials are billing as the first step toward implementing Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s forthcoming housing agenda.
Acting Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara listens to affordable housing advocates after her confirmation hearing. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
-
In the five years after Illinois implemented a pension overhaul law that required downstate police and fire pension funds to get on a path to being 90 percent funded by 2040, the overall funding level for non-Chicago police and fire pension funds had grown — at least until 2017, according to a new report from the sate’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.
-
AUG 06, 2019
Two dozen staffers for former mayoral candidate Amara Enyia defended their legal fight to claw back tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages they say they are owed from working for her chaotic and mismanaged campaign.
From left: Joshua Maddox, Nathan Susman, Christopher Harlan, Claire Anderson, Vanessa Quevedo and Grace Del Vecchio held a press conference Monday to defend their legal complaint alleging wage theft against Amara Enyia’s mayoral campaign. [Alex Nitkin/The Daily Line]
-
Mayor Lori Lightfoot was left “devastated and heartbroken” after spending Saturday with city crews working to clean up the Pulaski Corridor between the Eisenhower Expressway and Lake Street, an area where police routinely respond to drug overdoses and murders.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot toured the West Side and promised new plans to address mental health issues. [Chicago's Mayor's Office]
