U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) has been tabbed by House Speaker Paul Ryan to serve on a task force that aims to reform the powerful House Republican Steering Committee. … MORE
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) has been tabbed by House Speaker Paul Ryan to serve on a task force that aims to reform the powerful House Republican Steering Committee. … MORE
Donald Trump’s Springfield visit didn’t impress U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and he believes he’s not the only Illinoisan who feels that way.… MORE
State Rep. Raymond Poe has been named the new director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. … MORE
The Illinois State Museum and its satellite locations may be making a comeback.… MORE
Recent political attacks may have made for an awkward, if cordial, Veterans Day for two possible U.S. Senate rivals.… MORE
A state lawmaker has been getting attention for what he’s not doing.… MORE
Both the House and Senate are back in the Capitol today, but legislators predict any breakthrough in the budget impasse will wait until after a political deadline later this month.… MORE
Donald Trump talked jobs leaving Illinois and the rest of the country during a rare campaign appearance downstate by a Republican Presidential candidate.… MORE
As Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump holds his rally in Springfield Monday night, a group from Bloomington-Normal will be there.… MORE
The new U.S. House Speaker is promising not to bring up immigration legislation two years after making a speech in Chicago calling for a comprehensive reform bill.… 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…