By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – “I consider myself … politically homeless.” That’s what former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of northern Illinois says these days. He was one of only two Republicans on the select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Both – the other being now former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney – were…… MORE
When it was time to light a menorah Thursday afternoon on the front lawn of the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield, Gov. JB Pritzker could not sidestep the news of the day.… MORE
The primary election is March 19.… MORE
A Central Illinois Congressman believes border security funding should be separate from funding for Ukraine.… MORE
A prominent leader in Springfield and Illinois could be in hot water.… MORE
By WMBD-TV WASHINGTON – As severe weather continues to impact Illinois, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced the Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act. According to a Senate news release, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be reformed to allow more transparency and equity for small and…… MORE
The story of gun control legislation in Illinois is never ending.… MORE
Almost a quarter of the way into the 21st Century, women are still at a disadvantage.… MORE
Because it’s easier to get a job or a place to live when you have a state ID card, a new pilot program between the Cook County sheriff’s department and the Illinois secretary of state will provide those cards to exiting inmates.… MORE
82 years after the “day that will live in infamy,” the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs held its annual Pearl Harbor remembrance at a veterans’ club on Lake Springfield.… 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…