Politics Washington

LIVE VIDEO: Obama speaks on modernizing overtime protections

By Sun-Times staff

President Barack Obama today is asking the Department of Labor to start an update of overtime laws in order to cover more workers who might not be covered, according to our Lynn Sweet. Obama is expected to unveil his proposal at 1:20 p.m. Central time today.

Watch his remarks live, below:

JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV

Next Up In Politics

Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center

Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports

A state budget with ‘firm fiscal foundation’ that shows ‘tremendous progress?’ Or a ‘cynical’ election-year ploy to buy votes?

Mayor poses question to casino opponents: Do you want your taxes raised?

Rosario Ibarra, Mexico’s champion of the disappeared, has died at 95

Cook County judge ‘refused to speak’ with police investigating another judge

The Latest

Crime

Woman charged in death of girl, 4, from child abuse injuries

Asha Green, 26, is accused of abusing Cashawanna Love in June 2022, causing her death.

By Sun-Times Wire

Horoscopes

Horoscope for Sunday, May 28, 2023

By Georgia Nicols

Crime

Girl, 14, grazed by bullet in Englewood

The teen was with a group of people in the 7000 block of South Ada Street when shots were fired, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Peacekeepers walk the streets of Roseland and West Pullman on Thursday, making a nightly canvass of “hotspots” for violence.

News

‘Peacekeepers’ are using their hard-won knowledge of the streets to try and prevent violence

For a $100 stipend, some Chicagoans who are statistically among the most at-risk of gun violence are working to change themselves and their neighborhoods.

By Andy Grimm

Singe Ed Ames, who was perhaps best-known for his role as Mingo in the 1960s television series “Daniel Boone,” has died. He was 95.

Entertainment and Culture

Ed Ames, singer who starred in TV’s ‘Daniel Boone,’ dies at 95

The last survivor of the Ames Brothers pop group of the 1950, Ames died May 21 from Alzheimer’s disease, his wife, Jeanne Ames, said Saturday.

By Associated Press