A day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) came to Springfield, it was the Republicans’ day in the sun Thursday.… MORE
A day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) came to Springfield, it was the Republicans’ day in the sun Thursday.… MORE
“A mainstream agenda can also be a progressive agenda. It’s been proven in Illinois; let’s make that happen for the rest of the country.”… MORE
A Schaumburg girl – hit with cancer and epilepsy before turning five – is now a middle schooler with a future, thanks to medical marijuana.… MORE
Bloomington City Council members rejected a pair of Mayor Tari Renner’s appointments to a city commission Monday night, and in doing so exposed tensions involving the Twin-Cities’ public transit system.… MORE
Bloomington City Council members are in favor of renaming a portion of U.S. Route 150 after the electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker used Senior Day at the Illinois State Fair Monday to announce the 22 members of his Elder Abuse Task Force.… MORE
A local historian believes the City of Bloomington can play hard ball with State Farm Insurance to spare the company’s former headquarters from demolition.… MORE
Illinois’ five Republican congressmen are joining Gov. JB Pritzker in urging President Donald Trump to keep Rod Blagojevich in prison.… MORE
The big political news of the day threatens to overshadow the opening of the Illinois State Fair.… MORE
At a place where McLean County honors its history, Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner addressed a crowd demanding legislation aiming to end gun violence.… 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…