With a week to go before the election, State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) and a coalition of religious and union leaders Tuesday urged people to vote for the constitutional amendment for a graduated income tax.… MORE
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With a week to go before the election, State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) and a coalition of religious and union leaders Tuesday urged people to vote for the constitutional amendment for a graduated income tax.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday announced updated guidance for youth and adult recreational sports.… MORE
A project in Springfield is a demonstration of what will be done all over the state through a federal Environmental Protection Agency revolving loan program.… MORE
The state’s public health director has made national news.… MORE
State officials Monday announced the Murray Baker Bridge rehabilitation will be completed on schedule and will reopen to the public on Oct. 31.… MORE
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Illinois as public health officials Thursday reported the highest single-day total since the start of the pandemic.… MORE
McLean County’s rolling positivity rate jumped a whole percentage point to 4.4% as local health officials Thursday reported 34 new cases of COVID-19.… MORE
With more than 27 million votes cast by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one state lawmaker says it could take weeks and months before officials’ results are confirmed.… MORE
What was she thinking?… MORE
Both sides of the graduated tax question – up for a vote on the state’s November ballot – were on display during an online forum Wednesday.… 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…