It’s a rush for the ethical high ground at the Capitol, after news that one lawmaker’s accused of trying to bribe another, and that the second lawmaker expects to be charged with filing a false tax return. … MORE
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It’s a rush for the ethical high ground at the Capitol, after news that one lawmaker’s accused of trying to bribe another, and that the second lawmaker expects to be charged with filing a false tax return. … MORE
Public works departments – those state, county and municipal workers who keep the roads free of snow and ice, maintain emergency vehicles and perform other critical functions – often work with heavy machinery, and often in dangerous weather conditions.… MORE
One of the most striking details contained in the federal corruption indictment of state Rep. Luis Arroyo, D-Chicago, was regulated to a footnote.… MORE
Illinois lawmakers gave a proposal to cap the payer cost of insulin its first endorsement, but questions remain about the consequences of the cap and what the market already offers.… MORE
A day after State Rep. Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago) faced bribery charges, State Sen. Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills) – the lawmaker who reportedly wore a wire against Arroyo – was not interested in answering to reporters.… MORE
State lawmakers on the Illinois Property Tax Relief Task Force say they’re getting closer to offering up final recommendations to lower the state’s second-highest in the nation property tax burden.… MORE
Leaders from both parties called for stricter ethical rules after a state lawmaker was charged with corruption for allegedly trying to bribe an unnamed state senator to back gambling legislation that would have benefited a client of his private lobbying firm.… MORE
Any idea this would be a quiet veto session disappeared before the chambers even gaveled in, with news that yet another state lawmaker is in trouble with the law.… MORE
Loyola University’s basketball success meant more than a little publicity for a nun.… MORE
U.S Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) agree ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death makes the world a safer place.… 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…