Gov. JB Pritzker has three simple words for people who may be tempted to click on links they see in unfamiliar emails:… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker has three simple words for people who may be tempted to click on links they see in unfamiliar emails:… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday signed what he said was a comprehensive health care bill.… MORE
It’s advocacy with apple pie.… MORE
There’s no word on when – or even if – an energy bill will be ready for a General Assembly vote. Lawmakers were already in Springfield in mid-June, but no bill materialized.… MORE
The bond house Moody’s has put Illinois leaders into a good…mood.… MORE
Shortly after accompanying the vice president on a visit to the U.S.-Mexican border near El Paso, Tex., U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says there’s still a problem.… MORE
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is in on the talks toward a new infrastructure bill. And he says people asking, how do you pay for it, are asking the same question he is.… MORE
By HOI ABC BLOOMINGTON – Dozens of wind energy turbines will be sprouting up on more McLean County farmland if elected leaders approve the project. A Chicago-based energy firm is applying for a special use permit to build up to 64 turbines over 14,000 acres in Bellflower and West Townships, southeast of Bloomington-Normal. The wind…… MORE
Underprivileged women – the homeless and domestic violence victims – benefited from a giveaway of personal care products, including those for feminine hygiene, organized by women senators from around Illinois.… MORE
By HOI ABC NORMAL – Outdoor dining will continue in Normal at least until the end of the year following town council action Monday night. Council members also agreed to give City Manager Pam Reece a pay raise, although one of the elected officials voted against the pay hike. The council voted unanimously to grant Reece…… 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…