If it’s Gov. JB Pritzker, and if it’s his daily coronavirus briefing, it must be time for him to take a shot at the Trump administration.… MORE
If it’s Gov. JB Pritzker, and if it’s his daily coronavirus briefing, it must be time for him to take a shot at the Trump administration.… MORE
Illinois health officials believe they have a possible time frame for when cases of COVID-19 will peak in Illinois.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is relying on local law enforcement officers to enforce his emergency stay-at-home order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Illinois.… MORE
The American Lung Association is suggesting now could be the perfect time to quit smoking.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he and his office talk with downstate legislators regularly to provide updates on the state’s COVID-19 response, but some feel it’s not enough.… MORE
Illinois ranked near the top in a new study of state economies most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic.… MORE
Illinois Sunday added 899 positive coronavirus cases to its total, which is now 11,256, including 274 deaths.… MORE
The McLean County Health Department on Sunday reported no new coronavirus cases as the county total remains at 44.… MORE
Illinois has passed the ten-thousand mark in coronavirus cases. Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, reported Saturday the new totals are 10,357 cases and 243 deaths.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker’s daily coronavirus briefing was meant to show off how McCormick Place in Chicago is becoming a giant field hospital to fight coronavirus, with the first five hundred of an eventual 3,000 beds on site.… 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…