After two decades in Springfield, Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood) says she finally sees why she is dissatisfied driving home after every May 31.… MORE
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After two decades in Springfield, Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood) says she finally sees why she is dissatisfied driving home after every May 31.… MORE
It was a victory lap Monday afternoon for the governor and for members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, gathering at Olive Harvey College on the south side of Chicago to celebrate the caucus-pushed workforce / education bill.… MORE
Illinois could soon expand the list of which fireworks are legal.… MORE
When the water utility is privatized, the private owner sees the money flow like … water, according to the Citizens Utility Board.… MORE
Across the street from the Capitol, the Illinois State Armory is not much to look at. It’s a hulk, unused and fallen into disrepair.… MORE
As Illinois’ two U.S. senators convened a Zoom call to label this week’s Atlanta spa killing spree a hate crime, local U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) was quoted by CNN as making remarks that appear ill-timed at best and racist at worst.… MORE
State police wrote more than 1300 tickets in a three-week Move Over crackdown this year.… MORE
The supermajority Democrats in the Illinois House condemned Rep, Chris Miller (R-Oakland) for what you might call “fighting words” leading up to the Capitol insurrection of Jan. 6.… MORE
If everything goes as planned, Gov. JB Pritzker can look at Thursday as a big, big step forward.… MORE
Illinois’ first on-site cannabis consumption bar will soon open in Southern Illinois.… 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…