The 2018 election ballots in Illinois could look different after a judge ruled in favor of removing a law critics say is protectionism.… MORE
The 2018 election ballots in Illinois could look different after a judge ruled in favor of removing a law critics say is protectionism.… MORE
A sexual harassment lawsuit against former state Treasurer Dan Rutherford was dismissed in federal court on Wednesday. … MORE
Despite a motion to withdraw, Illinois will remain in the interstate Crosscheck voter registration database.… MORE
Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner has apologized for miscommunication to the city council that may have led to a proposal limiting some of his powers.… MORE
Billions of unappropriated spending was going on last fiscal year and lawmakers and the public just found out about it.… MORE
There’s an attempt to wrestle away some of the power of Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner, and the alderman who’s making the proposal has been critical recently of matters that have come to the city council.… MORE
Illinois’ U.S. Senators aren’t exactly giving their colleague Al Franken a free pass after claims Franken groped a female radio host 11 years ago during a USO tour.… MORE
Illinois congressmen split along party lines in the U.S. House on the GOP’s tax reform plan.… MORE
The latest local government to consider property tax breaks in exchange for hundreds of manufacturing jobs is delaying action on the proposal.… MORE
State Sen. Jason Barickman, R-Bloomnigton, is helping students learn more about state government.… 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…