While government agencies are still showing Illinois’ corn crop to be on track for a solid year, they and others say the odd weather has given it a beating.… MORE
While government agencies are still showing Illinois’ corn crop to be on track for a solid year, they and others say the odd weather has given it a beating.… MORE
Illinois’ students will be some of the first in the nation to be subject to a new, more difficult, science assessment this year.… MORE
A tentative agreement on education funding is what the Senate minority leader calls a “true compromise.”… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner was coming out swinging in response to news that four communications staffers resigned.… MORE
An apparent breakthrough in Springfield as legislative leaders and Governor Rauner said they reached a school funding agreement.… MORE
Unit 5 is starting the new school year uncertain about its finances as state lawmakers have yet to reach an agreement on a school funding formula.… MORE
Jesse White is seeking his sixth term as Secretary of State.… MORE
Wednesday’s House session was canceled late Tuesday and the leading House Republican says Tuesday’s leaders’ meeting on school funding reform was productive, but more talks are expected.
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A quarter-century has passed and authorities have yet to figure out who killed Tammy Zywicki.… MORE
Key Republicans involved in the negotiations over school funding reform say some the major issues they are focusing on are mandate relief for schools, property tax relief for homeowners, and a private school scholarship tax credit.… 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…