The governor’s choice to lead DCFS is painting a mostly positive picture.… MORE
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The governor’s choice to lead DCFS is painting a mostly positive picture.… MORE
“Our roads and our bridges deliver Illinoisans to work and home again, to school, to the pharmacy, to the doctor’s office,” said Gov. JB Pritzker in Collinsville Tuesday.… MORE
The latest reaction to the Commonwealth Edison bribery allegations, to which the utility has admitted, is a House Republican call for a special session.… MORE
In much of Illinois, students, parents, and teachers are still waiting for details about what they’re supposed to do this fall.… MORE
The Illinois Senate’s top Republican says regardless of whether House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is charged in the bribery investigation announced Friday, we know quite enough about what happened.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful lawmaker.… MORE
A long wait for unemployment benefits. A long wait on the phone. At least one security breach.… MORE
Another investment is coming to Rivian – it is the first for 2020.… MORE
A trip from Florida to Illinois to pick up a new dog included a big surprise for Regina Padgett, a social worker from Orlando. She became the five millionth visitor to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.… MORE
Aspects of the student experience, both academic and social, will change, and Dietz says he has trust in ISU students to act responsibly.… 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…