The coronavirus crisis has hit Illinois prisons.… MORE
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The coronavirus crisis has hit Illinois prisons.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said essential employees do not need documentation of their employment status to travel to and from work. … MORE
Isolation can get you down. And Springfield behavioral health professional Diana Knaebe says it can hit the gregarious the hardest.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced 330 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the state total to 1,865.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he would consider extending his emergency stay-at-home order past April 7 if there was an increase in hospital stays from the COVID-19 pandemic.… MORE
Bourbon is out and hand sanitizer is in at a northern Illinois distillery.… MORE
Two Illinois organizations are teaming up to make medical supplies for health care workers and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced 250 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the state total to 1,535.… MORE
The Better Business Bureau is warning of a fresh spike in scams and rip-offs in the wake of the
coronavirus pandemic.… MORE
The U.S. Travel Association has released a dire forecast of the economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic.… 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…