A top Illinois Republican is sick and tired of the complaints about the Illinois Department of Employment Security.… MORE
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A top Illinois Republican is sick and tired of the complaints about the Illinois Department of Employment Security.… MORE
Nearly three weeks in, small businesses across Illinois are adapting to the governor’s stay-at-home order, but some business owners are worried their businesses won’t survive the COVID-19 pandemic.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Sunday’s COVID-19-related death toll of 43 is lower than the daily death tolls from the past six days in Illinois, but he couldn’t say what plans there are to open things back up.… MORE
The COVID-19 recession is already expected to be deeper than the Great Recession that ended in 2009, but the recovery could be quicker.… MORE
Small business and individuals needing help navigating all the COVID-19 related programs and assistance available can join a conference call Tuesday that will offer guidance.… MORE
Cases of coronavirus continue to climb in Illinois.… MORE
At his briefing Saturday afternoon Governor Pritzker announced the creation of a new tele-health program and a mental health support hotline.… MORE
Illinois gun owners frustrated with delays are getting a reprieve.… MORE
Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner provided a video update Thursday with details about some of the COVID-19 community resources available.… MORE
Nearly 500,000 people have filed initial unemployment claims in Illinois in the last three weeks, including more than 200,00 people last week.… 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…