McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael said she’s surprised there isn’t bigger turnout because of intense media attention to some of the contested races.… MORE
McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael said she’s surprised there isn’t bigger turnout because of intense media attention to some of the contested races.… MORE
Tuesday is primary day in Illinois.… MORE
The night before voters decide his political future, State Representative Dan Brady said local governments should be prepared to assess the impact of State Farm’s decision to eliminate almost 900 information technology jobs from Bloomington.… MORE
Be prepared to publicly declare a political party in front of the election judges, and others in line, when you go to vote in Illinois’ primary Tuesday.… MORE
Conservative State Representative Jeanne Ives said it’s laughable that incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner is trying to link her to Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan.… MORE
The role of government, especially during a budget crunch, played out this (last) week as the Bloomington City Council decided to work with private partners to help fund the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.… MORE
What a parent described as a public relations nightmare, the District 87 School Board fired Bloomington High School physics teacher Marc Tiritilli after students pleaded with board members to save his job.… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed a bill that would require gun dealers to obtain a state license.… MORE
Republican Attorney General Candidate Erika Harold is fighting off allegations that as a beauty pageant contestant she told an interview panel that she would pick a home for foster children with known heterosexual child abusers over placing the kids in a home with a loving gay couple.… MORE
Bloomington aldermen want to raise fines for landlords whose apartment buildings are in disrepair, but city staffers don’t think hiring more inspectors are needed to enforce existing codes.… 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…