The Illinois Department of Human Services is looking to increase work hours for a home care program designed to assist the developmentally disabled.… MORE
The Illinois Department of Human Services is looking to increase work hours for a home care program designed to assist the developmentally disabled.… MORE
How will the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases impact you, especially with the state’s worst-in-the-nation credit rating? The state’s treasurer said that depends.… MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner is kick starting the 2018 campaign season with a little gift to himself. … MORE
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office is looking for the state’s largest employee union to start paying $2 million a day to the administration because they haven’t accepted Rauner’s contract terms. … MORE
Ron Michaelson knows a thing or two about elections. … MORE
Just before Christmas, imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is asking for another appeal. … MORE
Nationally, real Christmas trees are on the decline.… MORE
More police are out on the roads as traffic enforcement efforts are beefed up for the holidays.… MORE
State Rep. Lou Lang has seen enough. … MORE
In a 12-month period, the equivalent of Peoria’s population left Illinois.… 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…