Everyone wants to know: when will it be *my* turn to get the vaccine? Andrew Friend, deputy director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, talks about priorities.… MORE
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Everyone wants to know: when will it be *my* turn to get the vaccine? Andrew Friend, deputy director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, talks about priorities.… MORE
Except for four days in May, the Illinois General Assembly has not met since March. Now there’s a bill now to allow lawmakers to get to work virtually. It’s sponsored by State Rep. Ann Williams (D-Chicago).… MORE
A dispute between Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Republican Congressman Rodney Davis about state unemployment insurance benefits escalated Thursday with an exchange of insults.… MORE
According to a Central Illinois lawmaker, Gov. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mitigations are a ‘”failure of democracy” after calling on the Governor to answer questions about mitigation decisions.… MORE
As finger-pointing continues in Congress about a second COVID-19 stimulus bill, Illinois’ senior U.S. Senator is taking things into his own hands in hopes American’s get relief before Christmas.… MORE
Earlier this year, Republicans at the statehouse boasted of using House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago)’s own rules against him. As it turned out, the Democrats used the rules against Republicans.… MORE
A second Coronavirus stimulus bill is turning into a “typical Washington D.C. parlor game,’ according to U.S. Representative Rodney Davis.… MORE
In a vote long on ceremony and short on suspense, Illinois’ twenty electors went for Joe Biden for president and Kamala Harris for vice president.… MORE
State leaders covered the waterfront during the coronavirus briefing Friday.… MORE
“Facts matter,” so we hear. But at a time when – maybe they don’t – social studies in school could be on the ropes. … 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…