The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reminds people to get their annual flu shot.… MORE
Category Archives: State News
State Sen. Barickman working with Illinois Opportunity Project to launch recall provision
Here’s a chance to tell your elected officials, “You’re Fired!” without waiting for the next election. … MORE
State officials announce $327 million in household assistance for low income families
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – “Help is here,” said State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria), hosting the governor’s big announcement in Peoria Monday. A record “$327 million is no small amount of money,” said Gordon-Booth. “And if we just think a few short eighteen months ago, we had no idea what the next eighteen months from…… MORE
Gov. Pritzker: “Encourage your friends and family to be vaccinated”
Nearly 26,000 new and probable cases of COVID-19 infection are being reported over the past week.… MORE
U.S. Sen. Durbin calling on Illinoisans to get vaccinated
Helping host U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) at a parking-lot vaccination clinic, Sangamon County Board of Health president Dr. Brian Miller said the pandemic could have been far worse once Delta arrived.… MORE
ALPLM unveils desk then President-elect Lincoln write First Inaugural address
There’s something new — or, rather, something very old — at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in downtown Springfield.… MORE
SOS reminds motorists to report defective license plates
By WJBC Staff SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is reminding vehicle owners to report license plates to the Secretary of State’s office that are peeling, chipping or rusting in order to receive replacement plates at no charge. Vehicle owners whose license plates are damaged or degraded can notify the Secretary of State’s office…… MORE
Gov. Pritzker signs clean energy bill into law
Gov. JB Pritzker is signing a clean energy bill into law that he says makes Illinois a national leader.… MORE
Illinois General Assembly rule-making panel frustrated with Illinois State Board of Education
Members of a bipartisan, bicameral rule-making panel in the Illinois General Assembly might be forgiven for sounding a little frustrated with the Illinois State Board of Education.… MORE
Senate passes energy legislation to use wind and solar power and phase out fossil fuels
The energy legislation which finally passed the legislature Monday could be an example of a debate which leaves you wondering if the lawmakers are talking about the same bill.… 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…