2014 will go down in history as the year of marriage equality. Same-sex marriage bans have fallen like dominoes across the United States since the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. Lower courts have used the rationale in the Windsor v. United States ruling to throw out marriage…
The Chicago Bears finished another disappointing football season with a loss to the division rival Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. The loss capped a tumultuous season that ends with a clean break for the team. The organization fired head coach Marc Trestman and general manager Phil Emery on Monday. Emery lasted only three years with the…
Despite plummeting gas prices, public transportation ridership in the U.S. hit a record high. According to a new report by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), 2.7 billion trips were taken on public transit systems in the third quarter of 2014. That marks a 1.8 percent increase from the same period last year, and makes…
The Chicago Bears are benching long-time quarterback Jay Cutler in favor of former Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen for the upcoming game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, the final home game of the season. The Bears, who are in last place in their division with a 5-9 record, have lost three games in a…
The Chicago Cubs have acquired ace Oakland A’s pitcher Jon Lester through free agency. The news comes one day after the crosstown rival Chicago White Sox picked up Jeff Samardzija from the A’s. Samardzija is a former Cub and a star football and baseball player from Notre Dame. Lester helped lead the A’s to a…
Starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija is returning to Chicago, but not in a Cubs uniform. Samardzija, who was traded to the Oakland A’s last year from the Chicago Cubs after a bruising 16 game winless streak due to a lack of offensive power, will be joining the Chicago White Sox. Samardzija of course has a strong…
Thousands of workers in several different low-pay industries—including fast food, airlines, and health care—staged protests throughout the country on Thursday to demand a $15 an hour minimum wage, improved benefits, and collective bargaining rights, marking the two-year anniversary of the movement that has come to be known as the Fight for 15. Protests and walkouts…
Chicago will soon be the largest city in America with a minimum wage of $13 an hour or more. The Chicago City Council today passed a minimum wage ordinance that will gradually raise the minimum wage from $8.25 to $13 in 2019. The city’s minimum wage will increase to $10 an hour on July 1….
Welcome to the South Bend Voice Election Night Live Blog! We will be posting updates throughout the evening with all of the latest information on local races and key national races. Updated vote totals can be found on a separate page located here. 11:35 pm We’re going to call it a night. Our coverage will…
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is investigating a chemical leak at a uranium conversion facility in southern Illinois. According to the NRC event report, a leak of radioactive uranium hexafluoride, UF6, occurred at the Honeywell uranium enrichment plant in Metropolis at roughly 8:30 PM on Sunday. No injuries have been reported. The plant is…
