Gov. Bruce Rauner, University of Illinois President Tim Killeen and some of their staff are headed to Israel this weekend. … MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner, University of Illinois President Tim Killeen and some of their staff are headed to Israel this weekend. … MORE
A measure that could have banned so-called bump stocks in Illinois failed.
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Illinois could be in store for a wet winter this year.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is rebooting its privatized child welfare program.… MORE
By the time veto session wrapped up in the House Wednesday, representatives overrode 11 of the governor’s vetoes.… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner is being sued by a former business partner and his legal team is doing all it can to keep the details of the lawsuit under wraps.… MORE
There are already seven candidates running to unseat him next year. Now, Gov. Bruce Rauner has officially announced his reelection bid.… MORE
One way out of the state’s fiscal mess is economic growth, but an economics professor says nothing stops such growth quite like corruption.… MORE
A new report from the Better Business Bureau calls on Illinois small business owners to take steps to prevent cyber attacks.… MORE
Illinois is going to spend the next year and a half looking at the state’s future power needs, but the study isn’t just going to focus on wind turbines, coal mines, and electric lines.… 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…