The Illinois Commerce Commission and Operation Lifesaver are celebrating 50-years of rail safety education.… MORE
Category Archives: State News
Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidates take the stage in Tazewell County
By Dave Dahl WASHINGTON – Two Republican candidates for governor, on stage in Tazewell County Monday night, stressed the importance of their Christian faith. “If we have to do one thing to save our great state of Illinois,” said Jesse Sullivan, “it’s this: we need to deepen our relationship with God: as individuals, as a…… MORE
Illinois statewide terrorism center recognized as national leader
The Illinois statewide terrorism and intelligence center is recognized as a one-stop resource for law enforcement.… MORE
Governor lifts mask requirement for public transportation
By IIS Radio and Blake Haas SPRINGFIELD – Masks are no longer required on public transportation in Illinois. In light of Monday’s federal court ruling, Gov. Pritzker is amending a current executive order so that citizens would not have to wear a mask riding public transit, in a transit station or at the airport. On…… MORE
Gov. Pritzker signs massive state budget into law
Gov. JB Pritzker is signing the new state budget into law – a plan he says offers $1.8B in tax relief for Illinoians.… MORE
Successor chosen for Chancellor of UIS
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – In other years, on the third Monday in April, Janet Gooch would be running the Boston Marathon. But now, the determination that helped her complete that race – as well as triathlons – should be an asset in her new job, chancellor of the University of Illinois Springfield. Gooch, who…… MORE
Cases of COVID-19 are slowly rising across Illinois
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) warns that cases of COVID-19 are slowly rising in many areas of the state.… MORE
New information about the deadly Amazon warehouse collapse last year in Edwardsville
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – An engineer whose job with the government is to respond to such things has critical new information about the deadly Amazon warehouse collapse last year. Attorney Jack Casciato of Clifford Law Firm in Chicago says the evidence is damning. “Within the last few weeks,” he told an online news conference,…… MORE
Amazon Warehouse collapse opens case of violations
By Dave Dahl An engineer whose job with the government is to respond to such things has critical new information about the deadly Amazon warehouse collapse last year. Attorney Jack Casciato of Clifford Law Firm in Chicago says the evidence is damning. “Within the last few weeks,” he told an online news conference, “we have…… MORE
Damp, cool conditions dominate the week’s USDA crop report
By USDA SPRINGFIELD – There were 0.8 days suitable for field work during the week ending April 10, 2022. Statewide, the average temperature was 44.0 degrees, 3.4 degrees below normal. Precipitation averaged 0.87 inches, 0.16 inches above normal. Topsoil moisture supply was rated 4 percent short, 50 percent adequate, and 46 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture…… 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…