While it may be one of the most controversial subjects sliding across your Facebook screen, advocates say using new genetic technologies to strengthen soybean crops and increase yields in Illinois are working.… MORE
While it may be one of the most controversial subjects sliding across your Facebook screen, advocates say using new genetic technologies to strengthen soybean crops and increase yields in Illinois are working.… MORE
A new poll says a lot of people in Illinois want legal, recreational marijuana. But the state is likely a long way from legalizing pot.… MORE
Illinois State Police are celebrating 95 years of service and Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to give the gift of new cadets.… MORE
State Senator Chapin Rose is criticizing Chicago Democrats who killed his proposals to crack down on public aid abuse.… MORE
The Illinois Manufacturing Association is pushing for policy changes to keep the state from lagging behind its neighbors in job growth.… MORE
It’s halftime at the state capitol and House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, says Democrats are trying to ensure Gov. Bruce Rauner and Republicans don’t get any points.… MORE
State Rep. Sue Scherer has unveiled legislation that will likely be music to the ears of hunters. … MORE
The president at the University of Illinois thinks the school is close to a special budget arrangement that will guarantee the university nearly three-quarters-of a billion dollars a year… MORE
Some state lawmakers want to raise the minimum age to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products to 21.… MORE
U.S. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., revealed on the Senate floor Tuesday he will vote against Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court in the Judiciary Committee and the Senate floor.… 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…