While the governor was holding his daily press briefing in Chicago Sunday, protesters were demonstrating in Springfield to reopen the state’s economy.… MORE
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While the governor was holding his daily press briefing in Chicago Sunday, protesters were demonstrating in Springfield to reopen the state’s economy.… MORE
When the government puts up a sign saying, “Speed Limit 65,” not many cry that it’s an encroachment on our freedoms.… MORE
The Illinois Business Alliance, a nonprofit business league, has again urged Gov. J.B. Pritzker to pull the progressive income tax amendment from the November ballot after the governor announced an extension of the state’s stay-at-home order with some modifications.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday announced 2,126 new cases of coronavirus.… MORE
About a hundred protesters braved a chilly drizzle Saturday for a rally outside the Capitol in Springfield. The “Orphans of the American Dream” are against the “stay home” order Gov. JB Pritzker is extending through May 30.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker’s extension of the “stay home” order is not going over well with some Illinoisans. A state lawmaker is going so far as to sue him.… MORE
The McLean County Health Department announced one new coronavirus case Saturday, bringing the county total to 88.… MORE
Two more Livingston County residents have tested positive for COVID-19.… MORE
Illinois recorded another one-day high in coronavirus cases Friday, 2,724. But there’s a one-day high in another category: testing. The state recorded 16,124 tests, blowing past Gov. JB Pritzker’s daily goal of 10,000.… MORE
Regardless of your feelings on the “stay home” order, an Illinois business group says the order and higher taxes make a bad combination. … 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…