Reports of online child exploitation have gone up since the pandemic started.… MORE
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Reports of online child exploitation have gone up since the pandemic started.… MORE
Reaction at the Capitol was swift Wednesday, following news of another indictment of somebody in former House Speaker Mike Madigan’s inner circle in the Commonwealth Edison investigation.… MORE
Among the things supermajority Democrats have done during the redistricting process which irritate Republicans is to hire an expert witness to bolster their case.… MORE
The opportunity to say goodbye – surrounded by loved ones – could soon be extended to people who otherwise would be in prison. … MORE
Not even three hours before redistricting hearings began, legislative Democrats proposed a new map to redistrict the Illinois Supreme Court. Only six of the seven districts are in play, as Cook County is its own district.… MORE
Republican lawmakers’ frustrations over the way supermajority Democrats are doing redistricting in Illinois continued into the first two hearings at the Capitol Tuesday.… MORE
If anything in the every-ten-years redistricting looks like the familiar playbook, State Rep. Dave Severin (R-Benton) says it’s this.… MORE
Illinois Senate Democrats say the governor is within the bounds of the rules by withdrawing Prisoner Review Board nominees before a deadline, then renominating the same people so as to start a new clock – and avoid questions from Republicans on a confirmation committee.… MORE
The final week of session is here for the spring 2021 edition of the Illinois General Assembly.… MORE
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) is explaining why he voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the deadly January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.… 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…