Illinois Republicans, for now, will have the opportunity to vote for former president Donald Trump in the March 19 primary.… MORE
Category Archives: State Election News
Illinois lawmakers floating the idea of attempting to cut the cost of prescription drugs
Illinois lawmakers are floating another attempt to curb the costs of prescription drugs, announcing a bill to set up a “prescription drug affordability board,” which would evaluate drug costs and set what advocates say are reasonable rates.… MORE
Illinois lawmakers offer opposing views on the migrant crisis
Lawmakers from opposing parties have opposing views of how to ease the migrant crisis. … MORE
Illinois House committee hears testimony about voter access ahead of state’s primary election
With the state’s primary election a little more than two months away, and this being a presidential election year, Wednesday was as good a time as any, it would seem, for an Illinois House committee to listen to testimony about voter access.… MORE
President of Illinois NAACP facing backlash after remarks about migrants
A prominent leader in Springfield and Illinois could be in hot water.… MORE
New pilot program provides Cook County inmate with state ID cards
Because it’s easier to get a job or a place to live when you have a state ID card, a new pilot program between the Cook County sheriff’s department and the Illinois secretary of state will provide those cards to exiting inmates.… MORE
Illinois political candidates line up early to file nominating petitions
A chilly Monday morning greeted Illinois candidates who began lining up before 4 a.m. Monday to file their 2024 nominating petitions. … MORE
State legislature could lift a moratorium on building new nuclear plants
The Illinois legislature could have something to show for the 2023 fall veto session: allowing new nuclear power facilities again after a 36-year moratorium. … MORE
Legislative staff unionization bill passes House
That legislative staff unionization bill has passed the House. The vote came a day after a committee approved the bill Tuesday, the first day of veto session. … MORE
Bill proposed in Springfield allows legislative staffers to form a union
Illinois legislative staffers would be allowed to form a union… if a bill that’s passed a House committee becomes law. … MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…