School leaders across Illinois are going to get very serious about their spending in 2018 due to a pair of new requirements.… MORE
School leaders across Illinois are going to get very serious about their spending in 2018 due to a pair of new requirements.… MORE
Illinoisans scrambling to prepay their property tax bills this week may be doing it for nothing, according to the IRS.… MORE
Anti-abortion advocates failed to block a state law taking effect New Years Day enabling women on Medicaid and Illinois government employees to receive taxpayer financed abortions.… MORE
The family of Carmon Edwards is expressing gratitude to all who helped find the Bloomington woman who disappeared on Christmas Day.… MORE
First came the snow to make it a white Christmas, then came bitter cold temperatures. We’re about to get a repeat of all of that as we head into the new year.
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A unique piece of jewelry has been donated to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, which the library collection’s curator said is a never-seen before keepsake of the pets kept by the 16th president’s family.… MORE
Parents and donors are gearing up for the rollout of Illinois’ new tax credit scholarship program.… MORE
Growers in Illinois are looking for new ways to expand their use of technology, and artificial intelligence is emerging as their way of embracing the future of farm production.… MORE
The flu season is here in Illinois. More and more people are getting sick, but the state of Illinois says there’s still time to get a flu shot. … MORE
Federal Communications Commission rules essentially treating the nation’s internet transmission cables as a public utility were largely rolled back last week.… 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…