Illinois State University President Larry Dietz participated in Gov. JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois victory tour on Wednesday, expressing deep gratitude for the billions of dollars earmarked for higher education.… MORE
Illinois State University President Larry Dietz participated in Gov. JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois victory tour on Wednesday, expressing deep gratitude for the billions of dollars earmarked for higher education.… MORE
The state of Illinois is willing to pay farmers to plant cover crops on their fields to help them deal with historic flooding. … MORE
Illinois is now the nation’s seventeenth “Tobacco 21” state, and while the law seems straightforward, it contains some unexpected nuances. … MORE
Standing in front of the old Great Western Depot, where then-President-elect Lincoln gave his Farewell to Springfield, Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law the $45 state infrastructure plan and some of the funding mechanisms to pay for it.… MORE
McLean County will be represented in the tributes to murdered Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy Troy Chisum.… MORE
Lawmakers were high on life as they celebrated the signing of the bill legalizing recreational marijuana Tuesday in Chicago.… MORE
It is now illegal in Illinois to run privately-operated immigrant detention centers, like the $45 million proposed detention center in Dwight.… MORE
A political outsider from the Chicago suburbs wants to be Illinois’ next U.S. Senator, saying he’s disgusted and angry with the status quo.… MORE
Losing one or two U.S. House seats. Pushing immigrants into the shadows. Missing out on hundreds of millions of federal dollars.… MORE
As Illinois takes steps to ensure its citizens are being counted in the upcoming Census, another population issue that state officials cannot control is the declining birth rate in Illinois.… 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…