An appointed state lawmaker running in next month’s primary could have her qualifications challenged, starting with a hearing this week.… MORE
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An appointed state lawmaker running in next month’s primary could have her qualifications challenged, starting with a hearing this week.… MORE
Doctors and patients say they’ve had it with some paper-pusher at an insurance company standing between you and your treatment.… MORE
Illinois gun dealers told Illinois State Police officials about their concerns with the rules for the Firearm License Certification Act.… MORE
After Illinois state lawmakers toiled for years over changing the formula for how the state funds school districts, Republicans said Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposal to hold back millions unless voters approve a progressive income tax puts that in jeopardy.… MORE
Illinois’ law enforcement groups said they face a training budget shortage that they said was caused by new laws allowing judges to waive certain fines for traffic violations.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday the secretly-recorded conversations he had with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2008 have no bearing on his efforts to fight corruption in Illinois.… MORE
Some lawmakers are accusing the governor of playing politics with education funding. … MORE
A post-budget-speech victory lap at the University of Illinois Chicago Thursday included a pitch to help College Illinois.… MORE
Republicans said the governor’s proposed budget was based on “pixie dust” and was designed to hold state spending “hostage” unless voters approve a $3 billion progressive income tax in November.
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A robocall tracking website estimated that the automated calls rang the average Illinoisan’s phone 10 times a day in January.… 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…