A near-record number of people plan to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday.… MORE
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A near-record number of people plan to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday.… MORE
The Thanksgiving meal will include less venison than previously.… MORE
Secretary of State Jesse White announced Tuesday that Secretary of State Police will conduct statewide parking stings targeting individuals illegally parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities at shopping malls.… MORE
Black Friday is the unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season and over the past decade, small businesses have taken a more active approach to sales over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.… MORE
In a quaint political tradition every other year in Springfield, a long line of candidates assembled Monday morning outside the Illinois State Board of Elections offices.… MORE
Should the President be impeached? Should we just let the voters sort it out in 2020?… MORE
A new encyclopedia is out – a guide to LGBTQ people in politics.… MORE
La Salle County’s chief prosecutor believes there’s still a chance the man jailed for almost 59 years for the notorious Starved Rock murders won’t be released from prison.… MORE
A fifth person has died in Illinois from a vaping-related illness, according to the state’s public health department.… MORE
Gov. J.B. Pritzker will soon have a bill on his desk that has promised to veto, setting up what will likely be the first legislative clash between lawmakers and the freshman executive.… 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…