A meeting between Gov. Bruce Rauner and the four legislative leaders has been scheduled for Tuesday morning.… MORE
A meeting between Gov. Bruce Rauner and the four legislative leaders has been scheduled for Tuesday morning.… MORE
Two fiscally conservative state lawmakers said the plan to raise taxes is just more of the same.… MORE
A political maverick is leaving the Illinois House. … MORE
A panel of state lawmakers at the City Club of Chicago gave some insight into the fate of Illinois’ budget impasse.… MORE
The two leading candidates for the White House have two of the most disliked presidential candidates in history.… MORE
It’s a two way race now in the Illinois 18th Congressional District. … MORE
The two highest-ranking Republicans in Illinois are not going to support Donald Trump at the national convention in July.… MORE
The head of the Republican party in Illinois is our Governor. However, Bruce Rauner said he will not be attending the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer. … MORE
The push to change Illinois’ Constitution to allow for a progressive income tax has come up short. … MORE
Now that Donald Trump has all but secured the Republican nomination for president, a party strategist said Trump still has a lot of work ahead to win the support of the party’s base.… 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…