Chris Kennedy, son of the late US Senator Robert Kennedy and nephew of former president John F. Kennedy has announced his run for governor of Illinois.… MORE
Chris Kennedy, son of the late US Senator Robert Kennedy and nephew of former president John F. Kennedy has announced his run for governor of Illinois.… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner is highlighting the Lead Higher initiative aimed at getting more low-income and minority high schoolers to take courses for college credit.… MORE
The U.S. Senate vote on Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos went down as expected Tuesday with a 50-50 tie and Vice President Mike Pence casting the tie-breaking vote in her favor.… MORE
There’s a new fear this tax season: That someone else has claimed your income tax refund first. … MORE
Corporate income taxes and the quality of workers’ comp reforms are just some of what the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) is watching while the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) pushes for an outcome to solve the budget impasse.
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Action at the Illinois legislature is picking back up this week and the leader of the Senate said it’s time for the state to move forward.… MORE
Prisoners who have made good choices behind bars are going to be possibly rewarded with time spent at a new life skills reentry center in Kewanee.… MORE
A new government report on tax revenue shows Illinois’ businesses are struggling, potentially exacerbating Illinois’ debt spiral as tax revenues fall well short of already low estimates.… MORE
The Illinois Democratic County Chairmen’s Association has released results of an early online straw poll on potential Democratic candidates for governor next year.… MORE
The state’s largest grower of medical cannabis says its business is only 25 percent operational because there aren’t enough patients allowed in the state program to meet potential supply.… 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…