Critics of an Obama-era regulation that is in legal limbo say it would make small creeks on private property subject to the same environmental protection laws as major rivers. … MORE
Critics of an Obama-era regulation that is in legal limbo say it would make small creeks on private property subject to the same environmental protection laws as major rivers. … MORE
Democratic U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois argue President Donald Trump’s voter suppression commission is intrusive and illegal.… MORE
Eureka College’s 27th president is a woman’s who’s held the office on an interim basis for the past year.… MORE
As Republicans in Congress look to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, several people in Bloomington-Normal are fighting to keep it alive.… MORE
Illinois might be able to borrow its way through the next few months until money from the state’s new income tax rate comes in.… MORE
Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs wants Gov. Bruce Rauner to champion a budget Rauner says doesn’t address Illinois’ decades of fiscal problems.… MORE
Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office is warning the public about a scam related to the tobacco master settlement.… MORE
Small businesses across Illinois and the country are breathing a sigh of relief on news that the Trump administration is walking back former President Barack Obama’s proposed overtime expansion.… MORE
Congress is contemplating a tax deduction that saved Illinois farmers hundreds of millions of dollars in 2015.… MORE
In the first study of its kind, Illinois researchers compared the cost of the entire life cycle of corn used as food to corn used as biofuel and found that it has more economic value as food.… 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…