The management firm that has run Grossinger Motors Arena for the past four years is no longer in charge of the city-owned venue.… MORE
The management firm that has run Grossinger Motors Arena for the past four years is no longer in charge of the city-owned venue.… MORE
Looters did not discriminate between white-and black-owned businesses.… MORE
Competing tourism agencies are now collaborating as Illinois commerce gradually re-opens.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker announced a big number and a little one Friday in Peoria.… MORE
The case of George Floyd and everything related to it is no less important than coronavirus, says State Rep. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago), and that’s why he and other members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus are calling for an emergency special session in Springfield.… MORE
The state’s COVID-19 community-based testing sites are now open to anyone regardless of symptoms or other criteria.… MORE
So you are going back to the office for the first time in a while. Those water pipes which have been at rest could now carry a problem.… MORE
A monthly measure of the state’s economic activity shows Illinois remains in a tailspin. The Flash index, compiled by University of Illinois economics professor Fred Giertz, has slipped from 94.2 a month ago to 92.8 today.… MORE
The National Guard’s been called out to support Chicago police during the rioting over the death of George Floyd at the knee of a Minneapolis cop. While decrying the violence which has grown from the protests, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot still has a hard time processing now-former-Officer Derek Chauvin’s actions.… MORE
Emphasizing there is still a long way to go before coronavirus is beaten, Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health director Dr. Ngozi Ezike (pictured) welcomed Illinoisans Friday to Phase Three of the state’s Restore Illinois program.… 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…