The latest Democrat to jump ship on House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is a significant one.… MORE
The latest Democrat to jump ship on House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is a significant one.… MORE
Putting political differences aside and finding common ground is one Central Illinois lawmaker’s goal once the Biden Administration is sworn in; however, that depends on what issues the new administration focuses on out of the gate.… MORE
As bars and restaurants continue to suffer from the ramifications from the COVID-19 mitigations set forth by Gov. Pritzker, politicians need to put political differences aside and work on relief funds, according to Illinois’ senior U.S. Senator.… MORE
The chair of the McLean County Democratic Party is stepping down after seven months in that position.… MORE
As President Trump continues to claim voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election, one Central Illinois Congressman says he believes there was no voter fraud in the election.… MORE
Some familiar names will be on the ballot for mayor and town council seats next April.… MORE
A US District Judge sentenced Randall E. Tarr, of Rochester, to serve two years probation with a requirement that Tarr undergo mental health counseling and treatment for threatening to shoot U.S. Congressman Rodney Davis.… MORE
To cap off a week in which more than a dozen House Democrats have gone away from House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago), his public relations people released a statement saying he doesn’t intend to go anywhere.… MORE
A panel of doctors on a University of Illinois Springfield looked at the past, present, and future of coronavirus.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker says House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) faces a reckoning.… 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…