Keeping and developing jobs is vital to preventing more workers from leaving the state and the country according to the Democratic challenger for U.S. Senate.… MORE
Keeping and developing jobs is vital to preventing more workers from leaving the state and the country according to the Democratic challenger for U.S. Senate.… MORE
Retired Illinois State University politics and government professor Bob Bradley said Democrats – and even Republicans – who have criticized FBI director James Comey have good reason.… MORE
Illinois has more registered voters than ever before.… MORE
Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger is responding to criticism from opponent Susana Mendoza when it comes to Munger’s office cutting paychecks that include bonuses.
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin may not be running for re-election next month, but he’ll have a lot on the line regardless. … MORE
The candidate for US Senate squared off in a televised debate in Springfield on Thursday.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner has poured millions of dollars into state legislative races in hopes of eliminating the Democrats supermajority.… MORE
Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock will have to pay for requesting a campaign contribution that exceeds federal election rules. … MORE
A bipartisan effort is underway to keep top officials in state government from politicking for a candidate. … MORE
Donald Trump’s apparent unwillingness to accept the results of the presidential election, a stance he restated during Wednesday’s debate, ruined what was otherwise his best debate performance to this point, according to former Illinois Republican Party chairman Pat Brady.… 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…