McLean County Coroner Kathy Davis looks to have retained her position. … MORE
McLean County Coroner Kathy Davis looks to have retained her position. … MORE
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) cruised to victory Tuesday night in the Republican primary for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District.… MORE
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Chicago) have won the primaries for U.S. Senate.… MORE
Political action committees and campaigns are flooding the airwaves in Illinois in an attempt to attract last-minute voters before Tuesday’s primary.… MORE
Tuesday is primary election day in Illinois – one of five battleground states in the presidential race.… MORE
More than 600 people plan to protest Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s scheduled campaign rally in Bloomington on Sunday.… MORE
The presidential candidates are paying at least some attention to Illinois ahead of next week’s primary.… MORE
As the presidential campaigns will shift to Illinois, Florida and Ohio for primaries next week, a political expert said there’s no guarantee Hillary Clinton will win her home state.… MORE
New unfunded state mandates for county election offices are increasing the taxpayer cost for the March 15 primary.… MORE
Money and the lack of it from the state is on the mind of One of the people running for the District two McLean County Board seat.… 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…