Local governments across the state anticipate COVID-19-related closures will squeeze municipal budgets.… MORE
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Local governments across the state anticipate COVID-19-related closures will squeeze municipal budgets.… MORE
Municipal officials throughout the state are considering measures to grant local leaders emergency powers to ban the sale of things such as guns, gasoline and liquor as concerns over the spread of COVID-19 mount.… MORE
In response to COVID-19 and higher demand, Hy-vee announced its opening up an hour earlier for customers considered “high risk.”… MORE
State health officials are reporting 128 new cases of coronavirus in Illinois, bringing the state total to 288.… MORE
Pausing much of your business – a restaurant dining room – is a sacrifice, but the state police urge you to follow the governor’s order.… MORE
Illinois was one of three states that went ahead with primaries Tuesday, and preliminary numbers show voter turnout for Tuesday’s election was low.… MORE
A new report places nearly all Illinois metro areas in the bottom half of the country when
it comes to sustained job creation.… MORE
Illinois voters cast their ballots for who they want to represent their party in congress after this fall’s general election.… MORE
State Rep. Dan Brady of Bloomington beat back a challenge Tuesday from the conservative wing of the Republican Party.… MORE
Former Vice President Joe Biden won the Illinois Democratic primary for president on Tuesday, widening his lead over rival Bernie Sanders in an election complicated by the coronavirus 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…