Some interest groups are calling out the big utilities – and are tired of paying for what they say are unneeded projects.… MORE
Some interest groups are calling out the big utilities – and are tired of paying for what they say are unneeded projects.… MORE
Representatives from Illinois State University were at the Capitol Tuesday morning to present their budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2021.… MORE
Illinois House Republicans say majority Democrats are holding the brakes on any reductions in property tax in Illinois.… MORE
Eleven-year-old Hayli Martenez (cq) took a piece of her late grandmother’s advice — when you make lemonade, use honey rather than sugar — to try to make some money for her family.… MORE
It didn’t sound like a compliment Tuesday, when the chair of the Senate Public Health Committee called Illinois’ coronavirus procedure “convoluted,” but that’s how State Sen. Patricia Van Pelt (D-Chicago) summed up what she heard from the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Dr. Ngozi Ezike.… MORE
A new coalition of sheriffs, police chiefs, and police unions is joining up to fight plans to eliminate cash bail in Illinois. … MORE
Newly-freed Rod Blagojevich is speaking out about his interactions with Gov. J.B. Pritzker and long-time House Speaker Michael Madigan. … MORE
Leaders from District 87 and the Bloomington-Normal NAACP say they each got a chance to learn from each other about seclusion room policy Monday night.… MORE
Jerry Costello II says there is no need to question his agriculture bona fides.… MORE
A Republican state lawmaker wants to increase Illinois’ role in presidential politics.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…