Illinois’ politicians and business leaders have agreed that they’re taking an all-hands-on-deck approach to courting Amazon’s newest location, which will bring with it tens of thousands of high-paying jobs. Democrats running for governor are taking a noticeably different tone.… MORE
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger is gaining bipartisan traction in his effort to ban bump-stocks to mimic fully automatic weapons.… MORE
Gun control is again a topic up for debate in Washington after the Las Vegas mass shooting, but that conversation will be one that does not include the voice of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner.… MORE
Illinois State Police said they seized almost $1 million worth of heroin during a weekend traffic stop in southern Illinois.… MORE
Bloomington’s OSF St. Joseph Medical Center is one of many OSF hospitals in Illinois that will not be part of the Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO network next year, with UnityPoint Health Methodist to replace it as part of the Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO network.… MORE
By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – In just the first few weeks of school this year, only two states have experienced bomb or violent incident threats at schools more often than Illinois. Last week, four Springfield public schools were evacuated after bomb threats. That was just a few weeks after another public school in the…… MORE
Democrat leadership in Springfield is signaling that they plan to propose using state road dollars to help build President Barack Obama’s museum in Chicago.… MORE
The outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case on gerrymandering may not be known until early next year, but many want change in Illinois regardless of the outcome.… MORE
More and more police departments in Illinois are walking away from their body cameras, not because they don’t like the idea, but because the state’s police chiefs’ group says the cameras cost too much.… MORE
Some of Illinois’ smallest counties are in-line for their share of $2 million to fight overdose deaths. … 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…