U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has played an early role in vetting a key Cabinet nominee of President-Elect Donald Trump.… MORE
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has played an early role in vetting a key Cabinet nominee of President-Elect Donald Trump.… MORE
U.S. House Republicans turned a deaf ear to their top leaders and voted this week to take some of the bite out of the independent Office of Congressional Ethics.… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner is kick starting the 2018 campaign season with a little gift to himself. … MORE
Ron Michaelson knows a thing or two about elections. … MORE
Former Congressman Aaron Schock has asked a federal judge to delay his corruption trial until the summer.… MORE
Illinois’ vote for president didn’t have any surprises. Not even the Democrats’ insistence that Election Day 2016 needs to be investigated was that much of a shock.… MORE
While it was disappointing legislators couldn’t find a new budget agreement during the veto session, State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) said the one positive was the legislation saving the Clinton and Quad cities nuclear plants.… MORE
Efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act are moving forward, according to U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville).… MORE
Speaking alongside Pastor Corey Brooks of New Beginnings Church of Chicago Monday, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Illinois will continue a death spiral that will destroy neighborhoods unless there are reforms to expand the state’s economy.… MORE
The main person responsible for getting legislation done to keep open the nuclear plants in the Quad Cities and Clinton is Gov. Bruce Rauner, according to State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet).… 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…