It appears Connect Transit bus riders won’t pay higher fares this year.… MORE
It appears Connect Transit bus riders won’t pay higher fares this year.… MORE
Lawmakers were high on life as they celebrated the signing of the bill legalizing recreational marijuana Tuesday in Chicago.… MORE
Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner pledges to meet with one of two out-of-town speakers at Monday night’s city council meeting who took him to task for his comments last month about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.… MORE
The Bloomington City Council passed a resolution Monday night aimed at helping disabled Connect Transit riders burdened by a possible fare increase and service reduction.… MORE
It is now illegal in Illinois to run privately-operated immigrant detention centers, like the $45 million proposed detention center in Dwight.… MORE
A political outsider from the Chicago suburbs wants to be Illinois’ next U.S. Senator, saying he’s disgusted and angry with the status quo.… MORE
State Sen. Jason Barickman is weighing in on a resolution to make Chicago its own state.… MORE
Losing one or two U.S. House seats. Pushing immigrants into the shadows. Missing out on hundreds of millions of federal dollars.… MORE
A Bloomington city council member believes there’s a local cost to the large, electric-powered Connect Transit buses even though they’re bought with federal and state dollars.… MORE
A McLean County board member has resigned because he moved from the district he’s represented for the past three years.… 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…