In spite of record gains in the stock market, Illinois’ pension accounts are still treading water.… MORE
In spite of record gains in the stock market, Illinois’ pension accounts are still treading water.… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner led a solemn ceremony at the Elks Lodge at Lake Springfield to honor Pearl Harbor survivors and pay tribute to the more than 24-hundred Americans who lost their lives in the Japanese attack 76 years ago.… MORE
The next date has been set for Dec. 28 in the case pro life groups have brought against the state of Illinois.… MORE
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is joining her female colleagues in calling for the resignation of Minnesota Senator Al Franken, who faces multiple sexual harassment allegations.… MORE
Add a Republican senator from central Illinois to the growing list of Illinois lawmakers who say the state should legalize recreational marijuana… MORE
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis says residents hit with high property taxes and a recent state income tax hike will benefit from the tax reform making its way through Congress. … MORE
State Senator Jason Barickman and the rest of Illinois lawmakers recently emerged from the veto session in Springfield and many noticed that members of the GOP didn’t always agree with the State’s Republican governor’s wishes.… MORE
State Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady said as difficult as ending the budget stalemate was, the challenges may be greater to form a spending plan in an election year.… MORE
A year-long celebration has begun to ring in Illinois’ 200th anniversary of becoming a U.S. state.… MORE
Conservation police in Illinois issued more than 50 citations for illegal deer hunting in November.… 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…