McLean County Board committee meetings will continue to be held virtually, scrapping plans for in-person committee sessions because of COVID-19 safety concerns.… MORE
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McLean County Board committee meetings will continue to be held virtually, scrapping plans for in-person committee sessions because of COVID-19 safety concerns.… MORE
The governor’s choice to lead DCFS is painting a mostly positive picture.… MORE
“Our roads and our bridges deliver Illinoisans to work and home again, to school, to the pharmacy, to the doctor’s office,” said Gov. JB Pritzker in Collinsville Tuesday.… MORE
The latest reaction to the Commonwealth Edison bribery allegations, to which the utility has admitted, is a House Republican call for a special session.… MORE
Bloomington is a step closer to declaring Juneteenth a city holiday.… MORE
Candidates on the Libertarian Party ticket filed their paperwork at the Illinois State Board of Elections Monday, then they took a victory lap at the Capitol.… MORE
In much of Illinois, students, parents, and teachers are still waiting for details about what they’re supposed to do this fall.… MORE
The Illinois Senate’s top Republican says regardless of whether House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is charged in the bribery investigation announced Friday, we know quite enough about what happened.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful lawmaker.… MORE
While Gov. Pritzker has called for a national mask mandate, one local lawmaker says he supports wearing facial coverings.… 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…