With the candidates being the mother of a boy who nearly died from Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and a COVID-19 patient married to a cancer survivor, it shouldn’t be a surprise that healthcare is front and center in any debate between Democrat Betsy Dirksen Londrigan of Springfield and U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville).… MORE
Now that a House Democrat is challenging Mike Madigan (pictured) (D-Chicago) for the speaker’s chair, House Republicans say there is a good question on which you can pin down Democratic candidates:… MORE
The Bloomington Election Commission claims they have fixed a glitch on early ballots and will resume voting starting Monday morning.… MORE
High school juniors anticipating the ACT or SAT might want to hold the phone.… MORE
If the question is President Trump’s taxes, the answer is Joe Biden.… MORE
If the constitutional amendment for a graduated tax passes, Republicans say a big tax hike is coming.… MORE
The panel looking into Commonwealth Edison’s apparent attempt to buy off the Speaker of the Illinois House could have a shorter day Thursday than some thought.… MORE
McLean County gathered to cheer on and support their local first responders Sunday afternoon at the Corn Crib.… MORE
People who oppose the graduated tax question on the November ballot say it’ll soon enough mean higher taxes for many, many Illinoisans.… MORE
We are getting an idea of what to expect at the next hearing of that Illinois House committee investigating Commonwealth Edison and its alleged connection to House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).… 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…