Phil Kadner

Kadner: A newspaperman who tried to be a good neighbor

May 21, 2019 at 11:28 p.m.

This is my last column for the Daily Southtown, and it begins with an apology to my wife. You see, for nearly our entire married life she has been startled...

Shay Health Care in Oak Forest will likely have to lay off 100 home health care workers who assist elderly people to remain in their homes because the agency hasn't been paid by the state since July.

Caregiver asks, ‘What’s going to happen to us?’

May 21, 2019 at 11:28 p.m.

"What's going to happen to us?" the woman asked me with pleading eyes. "Are we going to lose our jobs?" She is one of 100 home health care assistants for...

Vera Cassata, 84, of Tinley Park, is one of about 300 elderly people who rely on home care assistants to remain independent. Due to a lack of payments from the state, officials with Shay Health Care Services in Oak Forest say by the end of this month they will for forced to cease that part of its operation, laying off 100 caregivers.

Collateral damage in the state’s budget war

June 11, 2018 at 11:55 a.m.

Vera Cassata, 84, of Tinley Park, depends on a home health care assistant to get her out of bed in the morning, wash her, dress her, buy food and help...

Trying to replace a school board member no easy matter

May 21, 2019 at 11:28 p.m.

Phylistine Murphy claims she lives in west suburban Bellwood, where she serves as a village trustee, but her husband James Murphy recently applied for a vacant school board post in...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, shown Jan. 5, 2016, has come under a lot of fire the last few months over police-involved shootings. A state lawmaker has filed a bill that would allow Chicago voters to recall their mayor.

Court rules Dolton recall ordinance unconstitutional

May 21, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

The Illinois Appellate Court on Monday ruled that a Dolton recall ordinance is unconstitutional because it was approved by a vote of village trustees without first going to a referendum....

Customers for Powerball tickets trickle in at the Minute Man Shell gas station at York and Butterfield roads in Elmhurst before the big evening rush for the Feb. 10, 2015, drawing.

Kadner: Powerball and a $2 ticket to fantasyland

May 21, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

Repent ye of weak moral fiber who would seek riches that come not from labor in the fields or by sweat of the brow. I thought of saying something like...

Jennifer Valauskas, of Orland Park, was one of several vehicle owners Thursday at the Secretary of State's station in Orland Park who complained about having to pay a $20 late fee because the state failed to send out license plate sticker notices.

Kadner: State can’t afford notices, but hits drivers with late fee anyway

May 21, 2019 at 11:26 p.m.

My column today presents another example of just how massively screwed up are the priorities of Illinois' political leaders and their blatant disregard for the people they're paid to serve....

Dolton Mayor Riley Rogers on Wednesday survived an effort by opponents to hold a mayoral recall referendum in November. A local election board ruled the campaign lacked sufficient petition signatures.

Kadner: Dolton recall drive could be precedent for Chicago

May 21, 2019 at 11:26 p.m.

Separate efforts to recall Dolton's mayor and three village trustees who oppose him were foiled Wednesday when a local electoral board ruled there were not enough valid signatures on petitions...

Feud threatens major funding for Bremen Youth Services

June 12, 2018 at 8:27 a.m.

Bremen Youth Services, which provides mental health and substance abuse counseling to hundreds of Southland children and their families each year, appears to be on a collision course with the...

Department of Homeland Security police walk through Penn Station on Nov. 24, 2015 in New York.

A national database to protect the Homeland

May 21, 2019 at 11:26 p.m.

For our own protection, the Department of Homeland Security has informed Illinois that the driver's licenses it issues are not in compliance with the 2005 Real ID Act and so...

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