A member of the Legislative Ethics Commission said the panel is getting closer to selecting an inspector general to handle ethics complaints against lawmakers, but the post won’t be filled this year.… MORE
A member of the Legislative Ethics Commission said the panel is getting closer to selecting an inspector general to handle ethics complaints against lawmakers, but the post won’t be filled this year.… MORE
Before he leaves office in January, a state senator is trying to build support for tight regulations of antibiotics used in animals.… MORE
Hundreds came to mourn girls basketball superfan Charlie Crabtree, but also celebrated the sport of which the 72-year old man from Normal was most passionate.… MORE
There’s a lot to like about Illinois energy, according to a top consumer group.… MORE
Deer hunters in Illinois killed almost 80,896 deer in the firearm season, up 779 from a year ago.… MORE
A semi apparently going the wrong way on Interstate 74 Wednesday night struck a school bus carrying members of Normal West High School’s junior varsity girls basketball team. A team volunteer on board the bus was killed, as was the driver of the semi, according to Illinois State Police.… MORE
That nearly 70 people in Illinois are sick with hepatitis A isn’t out of the ordinary, but state health officials are worried about what’s happening in neighboring states.… MORE
The University of Illinois’ monthly measure of the state’s economic growth continues to point upward.… MORE
Dyson is a professor of sociology at Georgetown University, a contributing editor to TIME magazine, has appeared on nearly every major media outlet, and hosts a news and talk program on NPR, The Michael Eric Dyson Show.… MORE
Facebook is trying to help small businesses in Springfield get more out of their favorite social media site.… 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…