GOP House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana visited Springfield on Tuesday for a fundraiser for Taylorville Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis.… MORE
GOP House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana visited Springfield on Tuesday for a fundraiser for Taylorville Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis.… MORE
House Speaker Michael Madigan was re-elected Monday to his position as head of Illinois’ Democratic Party, as expected.… MORE
Calling him a flawed candidate, State Sen. Bill Brady of Bloomington doubts a third-party candidacy for governor from former Republican Sam McCann ever gets off the ground.… MORE
McLean County’s major political parties have new chairmen to lead them into the November election and beyond.… MORE
A member of the Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority is resigning because of a potential conflict of interest tied to her new full-time job working for Normal’s town government.… MORE
Tributes have been pouring in for former First Lady Barbara Bush. The only woman to see her husband and son sworn in as U.S. president, has died. She was 92.… MORE
Now that legal channels seem to be closed for ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich to appeal his corruption conviction, his wife took to Fox News to make a direct case for President Donald Trump’s help on a pardon or commutation of his sentence.… MORE
The portion of Jefferson Street in the heart of downtown Bloomington won’t permanently be shut down to become a pedestrian walkway after the city council Monday night decided to pave the street with asphalt instead of a more expensive surface.… MORE
Central Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger is praising President Trump for ordering air strikes against Syria.… MORE
President Donald Trump has indicated he’ll send National Guard troops to secure the nation’s southern border.… 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…