The Centers for Disease Control this week released some sobering statistics about last year’s flu season, but the numbers may not account for the people who got sick in Illinois.… MORE
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The Centers for Disease Control this week released some sobering statistics about last year’s flu season, but the numbers may not account for the people who got sick in Illinois.… MORE
Local U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) is celebrating the House passage of what’s called Tax Reform 2.0, making lower federal tax rates permanent.… MORE
Officials at the University of Illinois say a new bioprocessing research laboratory that was 20 years in the making, costing $26 million, will spur on needed developments in renewable resources and make central Illinois the bioprocessing capital of the world.… MORE
A panel of women politicians tasked with making suggestions to fix the culture of inappropriate behavior has released its first report.… MORE
Election day is still five weeks away, but voters can head to the polls today. Early voting in Illinois started Thursday.… MORE
If it’s too much work to get your own money back, there’s good news for you.… MORE
This weekend is the last opportunity for Illinoisans to avoid paying sales taxes while shopping online, even though the practice has technically been illegal for years.… MORE
Supporters of that “teacher minimum pay” bill – which the governor vetoed – are hopeful of an override when the legislature is back after the election.… MORE
As Americans, we waste up to a third of the food we buy. New research shows that problem is particularly pronounced among college students.… MORE
The latest disagreement in the Congressional campaign between incumbent U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) and Democratic challenger Betsy Dirksen Londrigan is over which candidate is better for Illinoisans with pre-existing conditions.… 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…