Illinois is getting 4,000 doses of the opioid overdose medication Narcan. And the state’s public health director says Illinois needs every single one of them.… MORE
Illinois is getting 4,000 doses of the opioid overdose medication Narcan. And the state’s public health director says Illinois needs every single one of them.… MORE
Opioid overdoses killed more than 1,900 people in Illinois in 2016 alone, and the Illinois Senate is moving closer to allowing medical marijuana to be used for conditions that opioids are prescribed for as a way to help curb the alarming trend.… MORE
Illinois has the fourth highest residential fire death rate in the country, which is why the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance wants you to be “Alarmed.”… MORE
Motorists heading north are advised to prepare for hazardous driving conditions, including during the morning commute.… MORE
Advocates for Illinois’ shop owners are worried that a proposal to hike the state’s smoking age is more about discouraging cigarette sales than discouraging teenage smoking.… MORE
Illinois’ Republican Congressional delegation is condemning the views of Holocaust denier Arthur Jones, who’s the only Republican candidate running for the state’s Third Congressional District seat.… MORE
In recent weeks, Gov. Bruce Rauner’s re-election campaign has sought to make political hay over wiretapped conversations from 2008 between Democratic gubernatorial hopeful J.B. Pritzker and then-Governor Rod Blagojevich.… MORE
Illinois’ congressional delegation is split along party lines on whether the controversial memo released Friday exposes inherent bias in the FBI against the Trump administration.… MORE
Illinois is taking a new approach to solve an old problem: How to make Asian carp delicious, so that government doesn’t have to keep the fish’s population in check.… MORE
You can file your Illinois tax return now, but it’s going to be a while before you get your refund.… 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…