The chair of the McLean County Democratic Party is stepping down after seven months in that position.… MORE
Category Archives: Politics
Congressman LaHood: “Any type of fraud or improprieties have not been there”
As President Trump continues to claim voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election, one Central Illinois Congressman says he believes there was no voter fraud in the election.… MORE
Rematch set for Normal mayor’s race, 9 candidates compete for 3 council seats
Some familiar names will be on the ballot for mayor and town council seats next April.… MORE
Judge sentences caller who threatened to shoot Rodney Davis
A US District Judge sentenced Randall E. Tarr, of Rochester, to serve two years probation with a requirement that Tarr undergo mental health counseling and treatment for threatening to shoot U.S. Congressman Rodney Davis.… MORE
Speaker Madigan: “I plan to be a candidate for speaker”
To cap off a week in which more than a dozen House Democrats have gone away from House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago), his public relations people released a statement saying he doesn’t intend to go anywhere.… MORE
Nine months on the front lines
A panel of doctors on a University of Illinois Springfield looked at the past, present, and future of coronavirus.… MORE
Gov. Pritzker says Speaker should quit if he wont answer questions about bribery investigation
Gov. JB Pritzker says House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) faces a reckoning.… MORE
Durkin: Time for Madigan to go
If House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is listening, Illinois Republicans have a message for him — GET OUT. … MORE
More than a dozen lawmakers don’t support Madigan as speaker
By an informal count, Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) would not have the sixty votes needed to retain his job as Speaker of the Illinois House come January.… MORE
COVID-19 now third leading cause of death in Illinois
Illinois has passed eleven thousand coronavirus deaths, and COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death in the state.… 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…