By IIS Radio SPRINGFIELD – A new state law aims to help older special education students. Special education students can remain in school until they are 22. But previously, if they turned 23 during the academic year they would have to leave. This new law lets students turning a year older finish out the school…… MORE
By IIS Radio SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health is adopting new masking recommendations from the CDC. State public health officials are urging Illinoisans, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask indoors in counties with high transmission rates. All teachers and students in kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to mask…… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – A package of legislation addressing the LGBTQ+ community is now law. Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday signed bills allowing you to change the gender on your marriage certificate, decriminalizing the transmission of HIV, and requiring insurance coverage of infertility treatments for LGBTQ+ couples who want to be parents. “In our…… MORE
If and when we are finally done with coronavirus, some of our new habits just may stay with us. Some people will probably still mask up, at least when they visit the doctor, not feeling well.… MORE
As the ‘dog days of summer’ begin, AAA is offering tips to keep children and pets safe during the hottest months of the year.… MORE
More than a month after historic flooding in McLean County, Gov. Pritzker on Friday submitted a request to the U.S. Small Business Administration seeking a disaster declaration.… MORE
Slow down in the school zones!… MORE
Everybody has had their identity stolen; the only difference is whether anybody has done anything with the information.… MORE
By IIS Radio SPRINGFIELD – Nearly 2,000 cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday in Illinois, the highest one day total since early May. The latest daily total is 1,993 cases and six additional deaths. Gov. JB Pritzker says they are carefully watching the numbers. “We are constantly monitoring COVID across the state and we will…… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Post pandemic, one new thing which will stick around will be the virtual doctor visit. Gov. JB Pritzker Thursday signed a bill expanding access to tele-health. “Today is historic because, as we come out of this pandemic,” said the House sponsor, State Rep. Thaddeus Jones (D-Calumet City), “we have to…… 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…