The economy is making it easier for people to get away from harassment at work.… MORE
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The economy is making it easier for people to get away from harassment at work.… MORE
On the highway, it’s a good bet the police have seen you before you see them. And when they’re riding shotgun in an eighteen-wheeler, you probably won’t see them at all.… MORE
When the Democrat running for governor took the microphone at the City Club of Chicago Friday morning, mental health was on his mind.… MORE
If you would rather forego a flu shot than sit in the doctor’s office you may soon be able to be vaccinated with one trip to your mailbox.… MORE
With just over seven weeks until Election Day, Gov. Rauner sounds as if he is trying to reset the race.… MORE
A major crackdown on the sale of e-cigarette devices to minors was announced Wednesday as the U.S Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters and fines to retailers and five major e-cigarette manufacturers.… MORE
Facebook has donated more than $250,000 to Illinois state senators and representatives since 2015, spending that a digital media professor says may be more of an effort to preempt future regulatory measures or boost brand awareness than serious lobbying.… MORE
Police in McLean County’s third largest community have assisted Chicago Police in solving a murder case.… MORE
But one state lawmaker on Illinois’ higher education committee said there is plenty to like about the fall enrollment numbers. … MORE
Illinois has a teacher shortage, and the Illinois State Board of Education is trying to stop it with a report called Teach Illinois.… 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…