Federal lawmakers have renewed a push to rein in the IRS’ ability to seize assets, saying the tax collection agency makes victims out of law-abiding small business owners.… MORE
Federal lawmakers have renewed a push to rein in the IRS’ ability to seize assets, saying the tax collection agency makes victims out of law-abiding small business owners.… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s move to make Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum a standalone state agency will result in tax savings, the museum’s administrator said. … MORE
Ten school districts in Illinois are taking a different approach to educating their students by personalizing their learning experiences as part of a competency-based graduation pilot program at local high schools.… MORE
New data shows Illinoisans paid more than $15.5 billion in property taxes last year at nearly the highest rate in the country. … MORE
In the wake of a publicly funded Illinois university trying to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a graduation speaker in the midst of a fiscal crisis, a state lawmaker is reintroducing a bill that would ban the practice.… MORE
You can help in the fight against child abuse.… MORE
There’s a battle brewing between the established adult beverage industry and the much smaller, but quickly-growing, craft brew industry in Illinois.… MORE
Disabled Illinois teens are gaining valuable job experience through the Secondary Transitional Experience Program (STEP).… MORE
Congressman Darin LaHood will host his first town hall meeting next week.… MORE
Starting in the fall of 2018, Illinois schools will get as much credit for how their students ‘grow’ in reading, math, and science as they will for how much their students actually know about the subjects.… 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…