Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has delivered her final top 10 list of consumer complaints.… MORE
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has delivered her final top 10 list of consumer complaints.… MORE
What started off as a dryer-than-normal month ended up breaking records for precipitation. … MORE
Illinois lawmakers are moving forward to put a question on the November ballot about recreational use of marijuana.… MORE
The investigator responsible for a high-powered Arizona lawmaker’s ouster says Illinois’ legislative ethics process is fraught with partisan protections that likely keep victims silent.… MORE
Illinois lawmakers are looking at two reasons why they say there aren’t enough teachers in the state.… MORE
The Better Business Bureau is giving a heads-up about what they say is the next evolution of a familiar scam, but with a violent twist.… MORE
Wild temperature swings have created a bumper crop of potholes across the state’s highways.… MORE
Illinois lawmakers passed bills Wednesday banning bump stocks, requiring a waiting period to buy some rifles and raising the the age limit to buy them to 21.… MORE
Illinois lawmakers are working to channel the outrage over recent gun deaths to pass more restrictions on firearms and accessories.… MORE
All of Illinois’ recent rain is apparently enough to have forecasters rethinking the state’s 2018 Spring Flood Outlook. … 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…