The 101-st General Assembly inaugurations had contrasting tones.… MORE
The 101-st General Assembly inaugurations had contrasting tones.… MORE
As a new Governor and lawmaking body take office in Illinois, former GOP chairman Pat Brady is advising both political sides to work together.… MORE
If comments from a pair of federal lawmakers from Illinois are any indication, President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats are far from coming to an agreement on border security to re-open the government.… MORE
Opponents of an office plaza in Uptown Normal won a temporary victory Tuesday.… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s disappointed he did not win re-election, but he is looking forward to getting to know his family and friends again.… MORE
Normal Town Council members are unanimously behind providing additional tax incentives to aid an Iowa developer’s plan to start construction later this year on a five-story building in Uptown Normal.… MORE
The City of Bloomington found its new deputy city manager in the same place where last year it found its city manager.… MORE
Illinoisans are taxed out, and they don’t need to be paying more in gas taxes says State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee).… MORE
A central Illinois congressman now in the minority in the U.S. House of Representatives is guaranteeing Democrats move to impeach President Donald Trump, a move he says will bring the nation’s capital to a halt.… MORE
Leaders in the town of normal do not want a controversy over an artists’ mural to delay construction of a major uptown development. So, they’ve come up with a potentially costly plan in case a court orders that the mural should be saved, instead of facing the wrecking ball to make way for the Trail East project.… 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…