A sex education curriculum which has passed the state Senate either helps keep kids safe and not become parents in middle or high school — or it’s flat-out filth. It depends on who’s speaking.… MORE
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A sex education curriculum which has passed the state Senate either helps keep kids safe and not become parents in middle or high school — or it’s flat-out filth. It depends on who’s speaking.… MORE
There’s a word Illinois Republicans have for the state’s unemployment agency’s performance: unacceptable. … MORE
With not quite two weeks to go in the legislature’s session, Republicans are going off on Gov. JB Pritzker.… MORE
If you like your kids’ virtual classroom, you don’t get to keep it.… MORE
Employers say they are having a tough time finding help.… MORE
Orange and yellow are not just fall colors. We’ll soon enough be seeing orange signs, orange trucks, orange cones, and yellow vests.… MORE
Illinois House Republicans, many of them veterans, laid into the Pritzker administration for its response – or lack thereof – to the coronavirus outbreak which has killed 36 residents of the veterans’ home at La Salle.… MORE
When the obituary of former Gov. George Ryan is written, two things will be mentioned at the top: his commutation of death sentences, effectively ending capital punishment in Illinois; and his conviction for a licenses-for-bribes scheme from when he was secretary of state.… MORE
Rainy conditions hindered farmers’ ability to get into the fields this week as only 4.2 days were suitable for fieldwork.… MORE
U.S. Republicans could unveil a massive infrastructure proposal in the coming days as optimism grows about a possible bipartisan deal.… 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…