After legislation on voting that would have automatically registered people who visit any one of several state agencies could not survive Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto, a Republican state senator’s bill may be the best option. … MORE
After legislation on voting that would have automatically registered people who visit any one of several state agencies could not survive Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto, a Republican state senator’s bill may be the best option. … MORE
There’s a new comptroller and Gov. Bruce Rauner hopes she will stand strong for state employee pay as her predecessor did.… MORE
Illinois won’t be lacking in agriculture education if the Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) program succeeds in its goals of nurturing agricultural knowledge.… MORE
With little more than three weeks before Illinois is without a formal spending plan, Republicans are saying Speaker Madigan is stalling.… MORE
As part of the Pork Power: Partnering to Fight Hunger in Illinois campaign, the Illinois Pork Producers Association, along with the Illinois Corn Marketing Board and the Illinois Soybean Association checkoff program presented $12,911.00 to provide ground pork to the Midwest Food Bank.… MORE
Seniors who need help managing medications may be able to look to the state of Illinois.… MORE
Disgraced former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert wants his teacher pension returned to him.… MORE
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin offered a sendoff to his Junior Senator Republican colleague Thursday.… MORE
There’s still no state budget, no reforms Republicans say will grow the state’s economy or change its political culture, and now, no session until a few days before the next class of lawmakers assume office. That’s after the state legislature adjourned Thursday.… MORE
Republicans at the Illinois Statehouse are not backing off the campaign mode of blaming House Speaker Mike Madigan for nearly everything that is going wrong in 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…