Wiretapping would have brought the Com Ed corruption investigation to a head much earlier, a state senator said at a news conference announcing a new ethics bill.… MORE
Wiretapping would have brought the Com Ed corruption investigation to a head much earlier, a state senator said at a news conference announcing a new ethics bill.… MORE
“Housing is a human right.”… MORE
Illinois Department of Public Health director Dr. Ngozi Ezike tried to lend some perspective to the La Salle veterans’ home coronavirus outbreak when she testified before state senators investigating the state’s response.… MORE
Despite Illinois’ entry into the “bridge phase” and new guidance from the CDC, Illinois House members must remain masked. Senators are still subject to regular saliva tests.… MORE
Lawmakers looking into the 36 coronavirus deaths at the La Salle veterans’ home are still making hay out of a blistering report from an inspector general. … MORE
For those of you wondering how your local congressman voted on the Liz Cheney matter … he didn’t.… MORE
The state’s look at post-pandemic tourism takes the form of a promotional campaign called “Time for Me to Drive,” a riff off a song by Illinois’ own REO Speedwagon.… MORE
You get the feeling Illinois lawmakers are just getting started on this one.… MORE
Child care on the campaign trail?… MORE
The most talked about Republican in Illinois talks about today’s GOP.… 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…