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In the short time The Hugh Hewitt Show has been airing weeknights on WROK, listeners already have gotten a crash course on the 2016 candidates for the Republican nomination for President. Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, and others have stopped by to chat with Hugh...

ROCKFORD Ill. (AP) — Rockford University President Robert Head says he's retiring next summer. Head said in a news release Monday that he will work through June 30, 2016, when his current contract ends. He says he's giving an early heads up so the university's Board of Trustees has time to find a replacement...

After a few weeks of speculation, Mitt Romney officially has announced he will not seek the Republican nomination for President in 2016. Hugh Hewitt (who you can hear Saturday nights from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m on WROK) just scooped everybody on this story...

I was highly intrigued by a post this morning by Ramesh Ponnuru on The Corner at National Review. It was short, simple, and to the point: You have to choose (for the purposes of this comment section) among Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Mitt Romney to be the next Republican presidential nominee...

As we wrap up another fine week of "Riley & Scot" shows, I invite you to tune in to "Riley & Scot Rewind" Saturday morning at 6:00 a.m. to hear what you might have missed. However, if you're planning to sleep in tomorrow morning here's your opportunity to catch up. On ...

Former President Ronald Reagan would have been 103 years old today. In his honor, we played a couple of clips from one of my favorite Reagan speeches on the show -- his announcement of candidacy for President of the United States on November 13, 1979...

The brutal new Washington Post/ABC poll contains some very bad news for the President about Obamacare and his presidency.  55% disapprove of the President's job performance.  A majority say he is not honest and trustworthy.  65% oppose the individual mandate in Obamacare and 71% believe it should at least be delayed because of the problems with the rollout...