The pride flag flew above the Illinois Capitol for the first time ever this week, but it shouldn’t be a surprise, given Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s longtime support of LGBTQ equality.… MORE
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The pride flag flew above the Illinois Capitol for the first time ever this week, but it shouldn’t be a surprise, given Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s longtime support of LGBTQ equality.… MORE
Western Illinois University President Jack Thomas has resigned amid dissatisfaction with the way he handled the school’s financial troubles.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Agriculture has walked back some restrictions on a controversial, yet highly-effective commercial weed spray as farmers struggle to get crops planted amid a wet spring.… MORE
The Reproductive Health Act is now law.… MORE
A recreational cannabis bill Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign could bring hundreds of new jobs to Illinois even before the law goes into effect and retail sales begin.… MORE
Human remains have been recovered six months after a U.S. Marine from Tazewell County and five others were killed when two military planes crashed over the Sea of Japan.… MORE
A day after touring downstate flooding, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told reporters in Springfield he is concerned about levees.… MORE
The remains of famed Archbishop Fulton Sheen of El Paso appear to be headed to Peoria, from his current resting place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.… MORE
The Flame of Hope burns bright at Illinois State University’s Hancock Stadium for some 4,000 athletes competing at this weekend’s Special Olympics Illinois Summer Games.… MORE
Passage of the Reproductive Health Act, a preservation of abortion rights, has cost House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) and Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) the opportunity to receive communion in the Diocese of Springfield.… 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…