The Illinois Senate has voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a $36 billion budget that includes $5 in increases to the income tax.… MORE
The Illinois Senate has voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a $36 billion budget that includes $5 in increases to the income tax.… MORE
The Illinois State fairs in Springfield and Du Quoin are expected to proceed despite more than $180 million in much-needed repairs on both fairgrounds.… MORE
Can drones be implemented as life saving devices in Illinois?… MORE
It’s uncertain if there will be any state budget fireworks this Independence Day after Monday turned into a dud.… MORE
Illinois ranks near the bottom of the list in terms of patriotism.… MORE
After more than two hours of heated, often emotionally charged debate, Illinois House Democrats on Sunday approved a tax increase in excess of $5 billion – the largest in state history – with some Republican support.… MORE
Two people walking a nature trail at Funks Grove in rural McLean found a woman’s body early Sunday evening, but McLean County Sheriff Jon Sandage said there’s no indication the discovery has anything to do with the disappearance of missing University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang.… MORE
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., said the nation’s air traffic control system should remain a public enterprise.… MORE
Illinois State Police are paying tribute to one of their own as they release some more details about Wednesday’s accident near Farmer City that killed Trooper Ryan Albin.… MORE
The FBI believes University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang is dead, and authorities have arrested a Champaign man for the Chinese woman’s abduction.… 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…