Donald Trump’s seven-state romp on Super Tuesday is making it harder for his opponents to see a pathway to the nomination.… MORE
Category Archives: Scott Laughlin
Kinzinger: Trump debates like a ‘4th grader’
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, is switching allegiances in the Republican primary for president but there’s one switch Kinzinger says he won’t make regardless of who wins the nomination.… MORE
Home Sweet Home Ministries hosts Run for Hope
Home Sweet Home Ministries hopes to provide more care to more people in need through a fitness fundraiser.… MORE
Renner praises budget task force for helping city plug deficit
Bloomington mayor Tari Renner said many of the recommendations from the city’s budget task force helped to eliminate the city’s multi-million dollar deficit, but he said the city’s budget-cutting work isn’t over.… MORE
Free CPR, AED training offered at Heartland
The Illinois Heart and Lung Foundation is marking Heart Month in February by offering free CPR and AED (automatic external defibrillator) training.… MORE
Hales: Sales tax hike, cuts helped plug budget shortfall
After months of meetings involving city officials and a task force looking for ways to plug a multi-mllion dollar deficit, that deficit is apparently gone.… MORE
LaHood named co-chair of U.S. China Working Group
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, said he hopes the world’s two biggest economies can work together better to expand business opportunities here in the United States.… MORE
Unit 5 seeks earlier start time for grade school, later for high school
High school students in Unit 5 would be able to sleep in longer, but grade schoolers would have an earlier wake-up call under a new busing schedule the school board will consider.… MORE
GOP consultant: ‘Bad politics’ to fight Obama on justice nomination
Many prominent Republicans have called for President Barack Obama to hold off on nominating a new Supreme Court justice to replace the late Antonin Scalia, but a GOP consultant rejects that idea.… MORE
Buragas: Bloomington must be ‘cautious’ in studying hotel plan
Bloomington doesn’t plan to put in any up-front money for a proposed downtown hotel and conference center, but one alderman said the city would still have to assume some financial risk if it agrees to some public financing.… 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…