Great Lakes News

Since taking office in January, Rep. Brad Schneider has visited six schools in the 10 th Congressional District and met with students in other places including his offices in Washington and Lincolnshire .

Sen. Mark Kirk and Sen. Richard Durbin made their first joint public appearance in Illinois since Kirk returned to full time duty in the Senate in January at a Great Lakes charter school they helped create which is now being hurt by the Sequester.

Best known in the mainstream for her superb 1984 cover of Prince's "I Feel for You," R&B singer Chaka Khan enjoyed solo success as well as popularity as a member of the group Rufus.