With Gov. Bruce Rauner dumping millions of his own money into his reelection campaign and billionaire J.B. Pritzker entering the race for Governor ton Thursday, there will be lots of talk about money. … MORE
Category Archives: State News
Illinois House passes stopgap budget
Illinois House Democrats on Thursday rushed through a vote on a stopgap spending bill to provide more than $800 million to human service providers and higher education programs for the final three months of the current fiscal year.… MORE
Pritzker announces candidacy for governor
Billionaire entrepeneur J.B. Pritzker has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Illinois governor.… MORE
Illinois House Democrats propose stopgap budget
Democrats in the Illinois House are pushing another stopgap budget for the remainder of this fiscal year, a plan Republicans say would allow the state to continue spending billions of dollars more than it collects.… MORE
Fantasy sports proposal to get hearing in Illinois
There’s at least one industry that is begging to be regulated and taxed – fantasy sports.… MORE
Illinois Supreme Court rejects Rauner bid for union contract appeal
A win for AFSCME in the battle between the union for the majority of state workers and Gov. Bruce Rauner.… MORE
Illinois State Fair unveils new logo
The Illinois State Fair is debuting a new logo and this year’s theme.… MORE
March was wetter, warmer than usual in Illinois
March weather in Illinois includes plenty of rain and snow.… MORE
Duckworth ready for Gorsuch filibuster
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is prepared to support a filibuster effort against the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
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Cullerton: Rauner making budget deal more difficult
Senate President John Cullerton gave some candid remarks at a suburban college event Friday, advocating for redistricting reform and blaming teachers and other unionized state workers for the General Assembly’s failure to rein in pension costs.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…