Several Illinois lawmakers are weighing in after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.… MORE
Several Illinois lawmakers are weighing in after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.… MORE
The Illinois Lottery announced Wednesday a gas station in Livingston County sold a $400,000 winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Transportation is hoping to fill its annual snow plow operator ranks but the booming economy and demand for drivers has thinned the applicant pool.… MORE
Depending on where you were in Illinois last week, the weather was ideal for farming.… MORE
Teachers and other union employees for Blue Ridge School District 18 are threatening to strike in less than a month after Tuesday night’s negotiations with the mediator failed to produce an agreement.… MORE
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that Taiwan has made a $2.2 billion commitment to purchase Illinois corn and soybeans over the next two years.… MORE
Illinois’ senior U.S. Senator supports the House opening an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.… MORE
A state Senator’s offices are being raided – both in the Chicago area and at the Capitol.… MORE
Michelle Knox, founder / owner of WindSolarUSA in Springfield, says business – facilitating renewable energy – is great.… MORE
You probably have not heard of NRG, but it wants to elbow Exelon out of the way this fall veto session.… 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…