Poison control officials want people to be cautious in how they use poison as the weather turns cooler and mice and rats seek out warmer places.… MORE
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Poison control officials want people to be cautious in how they use poison as the weather turns cooler and mice and rats seek out warmer places.… MORE
By Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he will make sure new tax revenue from the state’s higher gas tax is spent property after federal agents raided the offices of Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Martin Sandoval as part of a corruption probe. Drivers in Illinois paid $100 million more in gas taxes in…… MORE
Illinois is the “least tax-friendly” state in the nation, according to a new report from business and economic forecasting publisher Kiplinger.… MORE
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is touting policies he said are helping grow the state’s economy, but an opponent of his progressive income tax proposal said it’s more important to highlight what the governor hasn’t said.… MORE
A local Congressman says there’s nothing in the Ukraine transcript to add up to criminal charges – or impeachment.… MORE
Task force members studying the possibility of allowing recreational marijuana sales in Bloomington said Thursday night they want more information before making recommendations to the city council.… MORE
Schnucks announced Thursday that beginning next year it will end the sale of all tobacco products.… MORE
The governor is unambiguous on this one – a lawmaker who was key to the new infrastructure plan should give up his chairmanship of the Illinois Senate Transportation Committee, at least for now. … MORE
A national survey regarding federal REAL ID requirements suggested that next year’s holiday travel season could be chaotic.… MORE
A warm, wet week finished off September for Illinois farmers. The statewide average temperature was 68 degrees, seven above normal. … 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…