Caterpillar saw a lot of red in the third quarter.… MORE
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Central Illinois, St. Louis, Chicago among top 50 ‘rattiest’ metro areas
Central Illinois, St. Louis and Chicago all ranked among the “rattiest” metro areas in the nation, according to a new report.… MORE
Illinois lawmakers return next week for fall session
State Rep. Dan Brady and other lawmakers are preparing to return to Springfield next week for the fall veto session.… MORE
Road funding split: Chicago-metro gets $6.63 billion, rest of state gets $12.7 billion
Downstate Illinois is set to get almost double what Chicago and the metro areas are getting from the recent tax and fee increases to pay for infrastructure in the $23.5 billion multi-year plan released this week.… MORE
AARP poll: 79 percent know people looking to leave Illinois for lower taxes
While Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s recently released five-year economic plan for the state focuses on retaining young people, new poll numbers suggest it’s the state’s finances that has people looking to leave.… MORE
Accuracy of Connect Transit leaders’ statements questioned
A Connect Transit board member is questioning the accuracy of statements made by the board’s chair and vice chair when they spoke earlier this month to the Normal Town Council.… MORE
VA clinic in Bloomington set to open next month
Military veterans will soon have another place to check in for services, including often missing mental health choices.… MORE
LaHood: Trump’s ‘lynching’ tweet not appropriate
A Central Illinois lawmaker does not agree with President Donald Trump’s tweet describing the impeachment inquiry process as a “lynching.”… MORE
BPD: Two arrested in downtown beating, one suspect at large
Police have made two arrests in connection with a beating that happened in Downtown Bloomington last month.… MORE
Report: House Speaker Michael Madigan named in City Club of Chicago subpoena
A new report reveals federal agents sought information about longtime Illinois House Speaker and Democratic Party of Illinois Chairman Michael Madigan as part of a broader probe into ComEd’s lobbying practices.… 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…