The bond house Moody’s has put Illinois leaders into a good…mood.… MORE
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The bond house Moody’s has put Illinois leaders into a good…mood.… MORE
A cybersecurity exercise that pulls together all levels of government has military nationwide occupied.… MORE
Shortly after accompanying the vice president on a visit to the U.S.-Mexican border near El Paso, Tex., U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says there’s still a problem.… MORE
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is in on the talks toward a new infrastructure bill. And he says people asking, how do you pay for it, are asking the same question he is.… MORE
The discovery of two-thousand-year-old tobacco pipes in western Illinois and in Ohio tells an important story: a story of regional diversity among Indians, says Tom Emerson, retired director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey.… MORE
Cinderella’s coach turned into a pumpkin at midnight, and a state lawmaker thinks the General Assembly could learn from that.… MORE
The food you whip up at home could be sold more easily, under a proposal awaiting the governor’s action. The Illinois Farm Buerau is backing a “home to market” bill, says the bureau’s director of food systems development, Raghela Scavuzzo.… MORE
An Auburn, Illinois, was arrested on Thursday for crimes related to the U.S. Capitol Insurrection.… MORE
Underprivileged women – the homeless and domestic violence victims – benefited from a giveaway of personal care products, including those for feminine hygiene, organized by women senators from around Illinois.… MORE
You have probably heard this one: places now are understaffed because people would rather rake in unemployment benefits. University of Illinois labor and employment relations professor Bob Bruno says there is nothing to it.… 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…