If you have medical insurance, obviously, you want to see a health care provider who is in-network.… MORE
Category Archives: State News
State Libertarians want respect in upcoming primary election
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Libertarians want you to know they are still out there. But – except for a couple of Cook County races – they are missing from ballots in Illinois in next month’s primary. Bill Redpath, chair of the Libertarian Party of Illinois, says the main reason is Illinois’ prohibitive ballot…… MORE
Native Americans ask the federal government to return territory near DeKalb
A northern Illinois Native American group wants its land back.… MORE
Pritzker proposes over $2B in spending growth, backed by tax increases for corporations, sportsbooks
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday proposed growing state spending by over $2 billion in the upcoming fiscal year while making a handful of corporate, sports wagering and other tax changes to pay for the increase. … MORE
Reaction pours in from Gov. Pritzker’s State of the State address
“Today we saw Gov. Pritzker introduce the largest budget in the history of the state of Illinois,” said State Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb), Illinois House Republicans’ chief “budgeteer” in reaction to Wednesday’s State of the State and budget speech by Gov. JB Pritzker.… MORE
Top Republican in Springfield has advice for Gov. Pritzker: “Move away from your national stage”
A top Republican in Springfield has some advice for Gov. JB Pritzker, who Wednesday will ask for at least another $182 million for migrants.… MORE
Illinois Secretary of State calls for tougher ethics laws
By WMBD-TV SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State is backing a new bill pending in the General Assembly that would require more transparency and disclosure regarding the financial dealings of lobbyists. Alexi Giannoulias said the measures, contained in House Bill 4591, are pertinent given the recent sentencing of a former aide of disgraced state Rep. Mike Madigan.…… MORE
Pritzker to present his proposed state budget Wednesday
On Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker will propose a budget for the fiscal year which begins July 1.… MORE
Judge denies McCann’s request for home confinement, orders him held in custody
After suddenly pleading guilty as his federal corruption trial was wrapping up this week, former state Sen. Sam McCann won’t be released to await sentencing, U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless ruled Friday.… MORE
Career and Technical education leaders gathering in Springfield
See that valedictorian over there? Someday his furnace will give out, and he’ll have to call someone who took career and technical education courses as opposed to getting a four-year college degree.… 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…