Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is not popular with his city’s voters. Emanuel trails two potential opponents in his race for re-election next year. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis both lead Emanuel in hypothetical match-ups. Preckwinkle holds an astonishing 24 point lead over Emanuel in a potential head-to-head…
Indiana Governor Mike Pence has sent a memo to state agencies telling them to not recognize same-sex marriages performed in the state. Indiana’s ban on same-sex marriage was struck down in federal court on June 25. Thousands of same-sex couples married across the state throughout a three day period before an Appeals Court granted a…
The popular South Shore rail line between South Bend and Chicago will experience cancellations and possible delays next week as NICTD undergoes overheard wire replacement on the South Bend to Michigan City segment of tracks. The construction will last from July 14 until July 18. Passengers will be bused from South Bend and Carroll Avenue…
Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade 2014 was held on Sunday, June 30, 2014. South Bend Voice took these photos from the second floor of an apartment overlooking the parade near Halsted and Roscoe Street in the Lakeview neighborhood. Read our full write-up on the significance of the parade. [AFG_gallery id=’2′] Images were taken by Angel Cortes…
Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade is always a fun and lively event. Even as it has suffered in recent years from rampant commercialism pervasive in American culture, its symbolic significance in America’s heartland has never lost its value. Indeed, the Pride Parade is a confluence of business, culture, and politics, an at times toxic soup that…
The South Bend metro area was battered Monday night during two rounds of storms that packed winds in excess of 80 MPH. Two people were unfortunately lost during the storm. A 14 year-old boy from Winona Lake and a 64 year-old man from La Grange were killed when trees fell on their houses in separate…
A severe line of thunderstorms is pounding the Chicago region as it makes its way to the east. South Bend could begin seeing the storms as early as 9:45 pm tonight. Most of Northern Indiana and Southwestern Michigan is currently under a severe thunderstorm watch. The counties include but are not limited to Benton, Cass,…
New York, Los Angeles, London and Miami have all been re-created as open world, digital environments. Specifically, they have been virtual playgrounds for gamers in video games such as Grand Theft Auto and The Getaway. Chicago, America’s third largest metropolis, has not received the same digital treatment — until now. Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs was released…
