The remains of the famed Archbishop Fulton Sheen of El Paso appear to be a step closer to being moved to Central Illinois from Sheen’s current resting place in New York.… MORE
The remains of the famed Archbishop Fulton Sheen of El Paso appear to be a step closer to being moved to Central Illinois from Sheen’s current resting place in New York.… MORE
Immigrant rights group crowded the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday morning for a rally.… MORE
It’s more than a sign that was unveiled in bitter cold temperatures on Monday in downtown Bloomington.… MORE
8 years after the Desert Storm ceasefire, the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs honored the Illinoisans who served — and the eighteen who died — during an annual ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda.… MORE
Three Pontiac prison guards face criminal charges for allegedly injuring an inmate at the maximum security lock-up.… MORE
Three Pontiac prison guards face criminal charges for allegedly injuring an inmate at the maximum security lock up. … MORE
Illinois House Republicans say what the governor calls a “fair tax” is anything but.… MORE
The team which will lead the Illinois State Board of Education in the Pritzker administration is together, with the board – under new chairman Darren Reisberg – appointing Carmen Ayala to be superintendent.… MORE
A transgender prisoner is suing the state government to force the Illinois Department of Corrections to move the inmate from the Pontiac men’s prison to a woman’s facility to protect her from being raped.… MORE
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) has returned from a recent deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border and is agreeing with the President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration.… 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…