An effort to keep more feral cats from being euthanized has humane societies and conservation foundations with their claws out.… MORE
An effort to keep more feral cats from being euthanized has humane societies and conservation foundations with their claws out.… MORE
The Memorial Day weekend gets underway Friday and Illinois Transportation officials, Illinois State Police and local police agencies are teaming up to enforce the state’s seat belt law.… MORE
Most of Illinois’ cities are shrinking.… MORE
New numbers show there are gaps in the job market for young people and minorities. … MORE
Governor Bruce Rauner again insists one of his goals is to rid state regulations from local spending decisions.… MORE
Illinois Senators passed a new budget bill to spend more than $37 billion.… MORE
Illinois is taking steps toward joining a number of other states in giving their farmers the chance to grow industrial hemp.… MORE
A rural Bloomington man, found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing his parents, might stay in a state mental health center for the rest of his life.… MORE
Illinois experienced a warm and wet April, with the warmest start to the year on record and the second-highest rainfall for the month.… MORE
There were some big sticking points as Illinois state Senators began voting on various reforms that were once all lumped together with tax increases, but some of those reforms and the tax increases have not yet passed.… 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…