With over 1,200 people tested at the McLean County Fairgrounds, two Central Illinois congressmen announced the COVID-19 testing site would continue through May.… MORE
With over 1,200 people tested at the McLean County Fairgrounds, two Central Illinois congressmen announced the COVID-19 testing site would continue through May.… MORE
Houses of worship across the state are planning to hold Easter and Passover services online to comply with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order, which was implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19.… MORE
Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner this week signed a proclamation “reaffirming” Gov. JB Pritzker’s order limiting gatherings of 10 or more people during the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home order. Now, the Libertarian Party of McLean County is asking that police not enforce such mandates with the threat of arrest or fines.… MORE
McLean County Sheriff Jon Sandage said Tuesday “social justice warriors” have crossed the line in their methods to push for the release of jail inmates who can’t afford to post bond before their trials.… MORE
The ACLU of Illinois called on law enforcement agencies across the state to avoid using widespread arrests to enforce Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s emergency stay-at-home order.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed an executive order to allow medically vulnerable people out of Illinois’ prisons during the COVID-19 emergency.… MORE
Illinois is ahead of the national average in terms of responding to the U.S. Census, according to federal officials.… MORE
One of the lawmakers who will have to put state finances back together says there will be no good choices.… MORE
Bloomington’s city government is employing a different strategy than neighboring Normal by urging rather than forcing compliance with Gov. JB Pritzker’s Stay-At-Home order.… MORE
Budget experts are at odds over how to handle Illinois’ coming pension debts.… 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…