A Republican lawmaker is making sure someone is still out there, complaining about the problems the state is having getting unemployment benefits to those who have them coming.… MORE
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A Republican lawmaker is making sure someone is still out there, complaining about the problems the state is having getting unemployment benefits to those who have them coming.… MORE
The chairman of the special investigative committee examining Commonwealth Edison and House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) sounds as if he is pumping the brakes.… MORE
Illinoisans need each other, and Illinoisans are watching out for each other, Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday night in a Springfield church during an interfaith memorial for state residents whose deaths are attributed to coronavirus.… MORE
The state fund which is distributing COVID-related donations has completed Round Five – the final round.… MORE
You can add a lawsuit to the push back to the latest round of recreational cannabis licenses. Black and Latino interests are upset only 21 applicants survived to vie for 75 licenses. … MORE
This Labor Day weekend, medical experts say to celebrate wisely.… MORE
A national cyber-security exercise this month has a distinct Illinois flavor.… MORE
There’s action to report on Commonwealth Edison and House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).… MORE
As President Trump was in Kenosha, some Illinois lawmakers Tuesday heard about police training and the use of force.… MORE
A monthly measure of the Illinois economy is on somewhat of a comeback. The Flash index, the University of Illinois’ gauge of Illinois’ economic activity, inched up over the past month from 93.9 to 94.6. 100 is the break-even point between growth and contraction.… 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…