Illinois officials are promoting an education grant program designed to provide financial aid to undocumented students and transgender students.… MORE
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Illinois officials are promoting an education grant program designed to provide financial aid to undocumented students and transgender students.… MORE
There wasn’t much of a line Monday midday at the recreational cannabis dispensary in Springfield, despite some Chicago-area dispensaries that closed amid labor and product shortages. This after the state announced more than $10.8 million in sales from more than 271,000 transactions in the first five days cannabis has been legal in Illinois. … MORE
The Illinois Property Tax Relief Task Force has missed its deadline to file recommendations and minority Republicans say they can’t sign off on a draft report.… MORE
Count Illinois’ “checkwriter-in-chief” among those who are displeased with the practice of cameras at red lights generating tickets.… MORE
The financial picture for Illinois is pretty good, as we enter a new year.… MORE
Illinois officials are reminding small business owners about a tax credit that is available to offset some of the higher labor costs associated with the increase in the state’s minimum wage.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Corrections changed its policy guiding the way prisons are allowed to ban books for inmates – and it can’t be because of their social, sexual, religious or political content.… MORE
Because of the weather and market conditions that largely are out of their control, farmers are used to dealing with high amounts of stress.… MORE
Military families in Illinois will soon get help navigating the occupational licensing process in a move to reduce unemployment.… MORE
In just two years, Illinois lost more than $12.4 billion in Adjusted Gross Income, according to IRS migration data analyzed by public finance watchdog Wirepoints.… 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…