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Actor John Mahoney died Monday in hospice care in Chicago. He was 77. Mahoney was best-known for his role as a curmudgeonly but loving father on the hit NBC sitcom Frasier, but he was also an early member of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre where he performed in more than 30 productions over the years.

Actor John Mahoney died Monday in hospice care in Chicago. He was 77. Mahoney was best-known for his role as a curmudgeonly but loving father on the hit NBC sitcom Frasier, but he was also an early member of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre where he performed in more than 30 productions over the years.

Primary Day is six weeks away on March 20 and Morning Shift is sitting down with all 10 candidates who want to replace Lisa Madigan as Illinois Attorney General.  The field includes eight Democrats and two Republicans and features a state Senator, a state rep, a former governor, a former federal prosecutor, and more.  Lawyer Erika Harold stops by to talk about why she’s seeking the Republican nomination for Illinois Attorney General, what she makes of the legislative inspector general’s report, her plans for tackling public corruption, and her thoughts on the criminal justice system. GUEST: Erika Harold, a former Miss America and lawyer from Urbana

Primary Day is six weeks away on March 20 and Morning Shift is sitting down with all 10 candidates who want to replace Lisa Madigan as Illinois Attorney General.  The field includes eight Democrats and two Republicans and features a state Senator, a state rep, a former governor, a former federal prosecutor, and more.  Lawyer Erika Harold stops by to talk about why she’s seeking the Republican nomination for Illinois Attorney General, what she makes of the legislative inspector general’s report, her plans for tackling public corruption, and her thoughts on the criminal justice system. GUEST: Erika Harold, a former Miss America and lawyer from Urbana

Morning Shift is back with another weekly news roundup including the city's big stories: The State of the Union, State of the State News about the golf course coming to Jackson Park on the South Side And revelations in a new book that notable women in Illinois politics like Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and Chicago City Clerk endured sexual harassment

Morning Shift is back with another weekly news roundup including the city's big stories: The State of the Union, State of the State News about the golf course coming to Jackson Park on the South Side And revelations in a new book that notable women in Illinois politics like Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and Chicago City Clerk endured sexual harassment

Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives wants to unseat Gov. Bruce Rauner in the upcoming March 20 primary. Ives said Thursday on Morning Shift that the state of Illinois is “a disaster, a fiscal basket case, a place where folks are fleeing the state because they feel the system is working against them at every turn.” “It’s been decades of bad decisions,” Ives said. “We’re not going to get out of this in one year or two years, but I want to put Illinois on a path so that in four years, that by year 10, we have a sustainable budget and we can actually attract businesses again.”

Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives wants to unseat Gov. Bruce Rauner in the upcoming March 20 primary. Ives said Thursday on Morning Shift that the state of Illinois is “a disaster, a fiscal basket case, a place where folks are fleeing the state because they feel the system is working against them at every turn.” “It’s been decades of bad decisions,” Ives said. “We’re not going to get out of this in one year or two years, but I want to put Illinois on a path so that in four years, that by year 10, we have a sustainable budget and we can actually attract businesses again.”

The cartoon-like depiction of a Native American has long been a center of controversy, and Major League Baseball has been pressing the team to do away with it for years.

The cartoon-like depiction of a Native American has long been a center of controversy, and Major League Baseball has been pressing the team to do away with it for years.