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
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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
Jonny Wade was an outgoing kid, smart enough to know the name of his Congressman, and to ask for more money for pediatric cancer research.… MORE
Report from North Carolina – a firefighter / paramedic from Naperville is leading a team of thirteen, responding to Florence.… MORE
It’s probably a good thing there were no overripe vegetables, raw eggs, or cream pies near the candidates at NBC Chicago Thursday night.… MORE
The latest embarrassment surrounding the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum: a Chicago Public Radio report that the library foundation commissioned studies which could not prove a stovepipe hat belonged to Lincoln, then kept the reports secret.… MORE
Illinois’ bicentennial best of voters have chosen the man with the most recognizable name on Illinois’ Top 200 list the most important scientists of the past two centuries. … MORE
Make sure that you make a difference–that’s the advice from Illinois’ emergency managers as people look to help in the aftermath of now-Tropical Storm Florence. … MORE
Should lawmakers tinker with the state’s income tax rates and scale them higher for people who make more money and lower for those who make less? That’s a question voters could answer in the governor’s race when they vote Nov. 6.… MORE
Engineering students from Japan are getting a close-up look at the Illinois Department of Transportation. IDOT’s Geno Koehler is in charge of the itinerary.… MORE
The economy is making it easier for people to get away from harassment at work.… 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…