Illinois’ senior U.S. Senator is weighing in on the situation in the Middle East after recent attacks on two oil tankers, which the U.S. says were carried out by Iranian forces.… MORE
Illinois’ senior U.S. Senator is weighing in on the situation in the Middle East after recent attacks on two oil tankers, which the U.S. says were carried out by Iranian forces.… MORE
City councils in Bloomington and Normal declined to employ a so-called nuclear option of rejecting Connect Transit’s budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1.… MORE
Normal Town Council member Stan Nord claims he was literally sick to his stomach this weekend.… MORE
Bloomington’s next police chief should have thick skin when it comes to taking criticism, and embrace diversity.
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The Reproductive Health Act is now law.… MORE
A closed-door meeting Tuesday night between Bloomington City Council member Jenn Carrillo and downtown business owners led to an agreement for a united front to revitalize the area.… MORE
A Downtown Bloomington business owner accused new City Council member Jenn Carrillo of orchestrating an online harassment campaign against the owners of a new downtown business because she believed the establishment’s name was racially offensive.… MORE
A day after touring downstate flooding, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told reporters in Springfield he is concerned about levees.… MORE
Passage of the Reproductive Health Act, a preservation of abortion rights, has cost House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) and Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) the opportunity to receive communion in the Diocese of Springfield.… MORE
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) pledged on Thursday he’ll work to make sure Democrats are held accountable if they try to impeach President Donald Trump.… 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…