U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) can describe former Congressman – turned Presidential candidate Joe Walsh in two words: “political windbag.”… MORE
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) can describe former Congressman – turned Presidential candidate Joe Walsh in two words: “political windbag.”… MORE
Illinois is stepping up the battle against breast cancer. Private insurers and Medicaid will now have to cover diagnostic mammograms and other breast-cancer screenings.… MORE
Elected leaders in Bloomington celebrated their city manager’s performance Monday night and welcomed a land sale they hope will help area youth.… MORE
The Bloomington City Council backed a compromise Monday night to end the more than year-long ban on issuing new video gaming licenses.… MORE
A local lawmaker is concerned about a bill signed into law last week that increases the minimum wage for teachers in Illinois to $40,000.… MORE
The Bloomington City Council is expected to vote Monday evening whether to end its moratorium on video gaming licenses, but the new ordinance to be considered by the council might not be what some local businesses wanted.… MORE
Bloomington City Council members will vote Monday night whether to give City Manager Tim Gleason a pay raise after he received rave reviews for his first year running the city government.… MORE
Illinois’ Congressional delegation is concerned that the U.S. Census may to get everyone when the agency tallies the state’s population next year. … MORE
As a second-year teacher, Bentley Stewart makes about $34,000. She says a new law setting a minimum salary for teachers — $32,076 a year from now and $40,000 four years from now — will help.… MORE
Some jail inmates will get the vote as part of a criminal justice package signed by Gov. JB Pritzker.… 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…