As the coronavirus vaccine is out, so is a University of Illinois survey about how it fits into “pandemic stress.”… MORE
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As the coronavirus vaccine is out, so is a University of Illinois survey about how it fits into “pandemic stress.”… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday he still does not know why the federal government is shipping out about half the coronavirus vaccine doses that were expected.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday reported 8,828 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 181 additional deaths.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker announced that Illinois, as well as the rest of the nation, will receive approximately half of the doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer next week.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Public Health Wednesday reported 7,123 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 146 additional deaths.… MORE
Health care workers at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria were some of the first to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Illinois.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday reported 7,359 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus and 117 additional deaths.… MORE
Earlier this year, Republicans at the statehouse boasted of using House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago)’s own rules against him. As it turned out, the Democrats used the rules against Republicans.… MORE
The state received its first shipment of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine Monday at the Illinois Strategic National Stockpile.… MORE
A second Coronavirus stimulus bill is turning into a “typical Washington D.C. parlor game,’ according to U.S. Representative Rodney Davis.… 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…