Mayoral candidate Marc Tiritilli conceded Wednesday after Tuesday’s initial vote count.… MORE
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Mayoral candidate Marc Tiritilli conceded Wednesday after Tuesday’s initial vote count.… MORE
A fourteen-year veteran of the Chicago city council is at least the fourth Democrat to seek next year’s nomination for secretary of state in Illinois.… MORE
Municipal election results included a new mayor in Bloomington and a successful re-election bid for the mayor of Normal.… MORE
It’s election day in McLean County with races for mayor, councils and school boards being decided.… MORE
The latest bad news to come out of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum does involve an ethical lapse – but this time, it’s not by a museum director, it’s by a former congressman with a reputation for ethics.… MORE
Former State Senator Bill Brady and several members of his immediate family are listed in Florida lawsuit.… MORE
Children are only children once – and Gov Pritzker today (Monday) brought a message of optimism to Champaign.… MORE
Former Central Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood concealed from authorities that he accepted $50,000 in foreign money while serving as Secretary of Transportation in the Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice reported Wednesday.… MORE
Buchanan served two terms as mayor from 1977 to 1985. Before that, Buchanan was elected to two terms as alderman.… MORE
Central Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis toured the mass vaccination site at Grossinger Motors Arena on Tuesday and called the visit ‘bittersweet.’… 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…