Illinois’ troublesome asian carp problem could be a bigger issue for the Great Lakes than originally thought. … MORE
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Illinois’ troublesome asian carp problem could be a bigger issue for the Great Lakes than originally thought. … MORE
Federal prosecutors are throwing the book at a Rockford man who admits aiming the beam of a laser pointer at an airplane flying overhead.… MORE
A report just out Tuesday lays bare the culture of sexual harassment and bullying at the Capitol. It rises from the Springfield connections to the #MeToo movement.… MORE
Illinois crops are trying to catch up to the averages.… MORE
A Bloomington City Council member wants the city to become a “cannabis pervasive” community that would take advantage of the economic benefits of a new state law legalizing recreational marijuana use.… MORE
Grade school principal Ken Gilmore contrasts today with the earlier days of the “information superhighway.”… MORE
A day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) came to Springfield, it was the Republicans’ day in the sun Thursday.… MORE
You can’t miss it if you walk past the Illinois State Police tent at the state fair. A pickup truck which hit a telephone pole broadside, almost smashing the truck in two and killing the driver.… MORE
“A mainstream agenda can also be a progressive agenda. It’s been proven in Illinois; let’s make that happen for the rest of the country.”… MORE
A Schaumburg girl – hit with cancer and epilepsy before turning five – is now a middle schooler with a future, thanks to medical marijuana.… 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…