Former U.S. House Speaker Denny Hastert is in trouble with the FBI.… MORE
Former U.S. House Speaker Denny Hastert is in trouble with the FBI.… MORE
The Illinois Senate made a number of moves on a state budget, largely similar to those of the House: calling bills fashioned after the governor’s proposed cuts for debate, voting them down, and then passing pieces of a $36.3 billion budget that’s $3 billion or more out of balance.… MORE
Pieces of the governor’s “Turnaround Agenda” are at least getting a hearing, but – in a Democrat-controlled legislature – not much more.… MORE
The Illinois Treasurer’s office is going through some changes.… MORE
State Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) called the state budget being proposed by Democrats is “disappointing” and “unrealistic.”… MORE
State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) is co-sponsoring a series of bills aimed at changing how business is done in Illinois.… MORE
A constitutional amendment to tax millionaires to fund education is heading to the Illinois House of Representatives.… MORE
Illinois GOP leaders say despite the change of party in power in the governor’s office, the Democrats in control of the legislature are showing the same movie of years past.… MORE
A Springfield school board member running for Illinois’ 18th Congressional District believes he can bring more jobs to the district.… MORE
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) believes trade promotion authority will pass the Senate. He says the votes appear to be there.… 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…