Gov. J.B. Pritzker is counting on help from the federal government to shore up the state’s finances as the number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois continues to climb.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is counting on help from the federal government to shore up the state’s finances as the number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois continues to climb.… MORE
Illinois Sunday added 899 positive coronavirus cases to its total, which is now 11,256, including 274 deaths.… MORE
Illinois has passed the ten-thousand mark in coronavirus cases. Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, reported Saturday the new totals are 10,357 cases and 243 deaths.… MORE
Unemployment claims once again spiked in Illinois. … MORE
There are a lot of options for Illinois’ small businesses to choose from in finding assistance through the economic downturn from the government restrictions on certain businesses imposed to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.… MORE
Illinois’ economy has gone bad, but the author of a monthly index of economic health can’t measure how bad.… MORE
The president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association is applauding the Illinois Attorney General’s efforts to stop price gouging during the COVID-19 outbreak.… MORE
Unable to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Illinois Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reforms missed its deadline to provide recommendations to clean up some questionable practices in Springfield, but a member of the commission said it will get back to business.… MORE
A state lawmaker who represents parts of Springfield and Decatur — and plenty of wide open spaces — says it’s the federal government which is helping create the coronavirus crisis.… MORE
Illinois’ senior U.S. Senator says so far he supports several decisions made by President Trump during the coronavirus pandemic.… 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…