A top Illinois Republican wants to make it more difficult for non-citizens – intentionally or not – to register to vote.… MORE
Category Archives: State News
Voters consider ballot questions on reproductive health, tax reform, election interference
Lawmakers in Illinois are asking voters to weigh in on three hot-button issues on their ballots this year: election interference, income taxes and reproductive health care. … MORE
State and national leaders gather in Springfield to open Springfield 1908 race riot national monument
A celebration of the Biden’s administration’s designation of the Springfield race riot site as a national monument had a local lawmaker paraphrasing Charles Dickens.… MORE
Capitol News Illinois sues Sangamon County for records of sheriff’s office pursuit
Capitol News Illinois is suing Sangamon County and Sangamon County Central Dispatch system after a denial of a Freedom of Information Act request related to a multi-county chase that resulted in the death of a Kansas man last month.… MORE
Former Illinois Gov. pushing voters to vote ‘yes’ on advisory referendum
If you know anything about Pat Quinn, you know the former governor has to be all over a property tax referendum that is on the Nov. 5 ballot.… MORE
Illinois and several attorneys general file suit against TikTok for harmful practices
By WMBD-TV CHICAGO – Illinois is one of several states that is suing social media giant, TikTok, for its business practices which the suit alleges target children and deceive the public about the social media platform’s danger. The state’s top prosecutor, Attorney General Kwame Raoul, filed one of more than a dozen suits that were…… MORE
Capitol Briefs: Advocates seek support for drug price control board; Raoul files suit against TikTok
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed suit against the social media platform TikTok, alleging the app is harming children.… MORE
Annual report shows gains in some areas of gambling may come at others’ expense
Illinois surpassed $2 billion in tax revenue last year from all types of gambling and the state lottery – a record bolstered by continued growth in video gambling, sports betting and the opening of several new casinos.… MORE
Report: Lawyers bully lawyers
An Urbana native who was bullied in high school made bullying her 2003 Miss America platform – and now has supervised a report on bullying in the legal profession. … MORE
Illinois State Police investigate another Sangamon County officer-involved death
Illinois State Police launched an investigation into the death of a Kansas man during a multi-county pursuit on Sept. 22 by Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputies.… 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…