If it doesn’t have a motor, people soon won’t need a state sticker to float it on an Illinois lake, river, or pond.… MORE
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If it doesn’t have a motor, people soon won’t need a state sticker to float it on an Illinois lake, river, or pond.… MORE
Illinois State Police will be watching drivers closely on highways this weekend.… MORE
Illinois’ latest bicentennial-best-of-list once again pits the world famous against the locally famous.… MORE
Hemp may be on the comeback trail in Illinois.… MORE
The Illinois Board of Elections must revisit allegations that Illinois’ head governmental investigator misused nearly a half a million dollars in campaign funds during his time as a state lawmaker.… MORE
McLean County Board vice chairman Jim Soeldner said he suspects Governor Rauner supports Rivian Automotive, and recent comments about the automaker were critical of Illinois’ business climate but not Rivian.… MORE
Is it justice or revenge or politics? Opponents and proponents of bringing back the death penalty in Illinois for cop killers and mass murderers said their piece Monday in committee.… MORE
The Illinois House is set to hear testimony about a slew of measures Gov. Bruce Rauner has raised to enhance public safety.… MORE
A new farm bill faces an uncertain future after conservative House Republicans wanting a vote on an unrelated immigration bill joined Democrats in defeating the legislation.… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s family have a “This Old House” story to tell in officially moving back into the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield, and one thing they’re looking forward to most is being able to cook their own meals again.… 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…