The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will not take up any of the pending challenges to the law until the cases have been fully heard in lower courts. … MORE
Category Archives: State News
Illinois treasurer has reunited another Purple Heart with its rightful owner
State treasurer Mike Frerichs used Independence Day week to – for the eleventh time – reunite a Purple Heart medal with its rightful owner.… MORE
Update from Illinois farm fields in this week’s USDA crop report
There were 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending June 30, 2024.… MORE
Illinois State Police seeking person of interest in Kewanee homicide
By WMBD-TV KEWANEE – The Illinois State Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a person of interest for a homicide investigation. On June 8, Kewanee police responded to a welfare check on West Division Street near Chautauqua Park, according to an ISP news release. When they arrived, they found an unresponsive man…… MORE
Illinois’ Comptroller showing strong support for the state’s new budget
The state’s fiscal year begins in two weeks. It’s a tight budget year. It’s a tough budget year. It’s a $53.1 billion budget, largest in state history.… MORE
Construction season underway across Illinois
If you complain about all the orange cones around Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker says he’s here to tell you: “Sorry. Not sorry.”… MORE
Not enough lawmakers show up for a vote to send the Governor recommendation on Stateville and Logan prisons
The latest curve in the Pritzker administration’s path toward replacing Stateville and Logan prisons is this glitch: not enough lawmakers showed up to make a quorum Friday.… MORE
State treasurer touts unclaimed property program ‘I-Cash’
In the almost ten years since Mike Frerichs has been treasurer, his office has returned $2 billion to citizens and organizations through its unclaimed property program, I-Cash.… MORE
Legislature’s COGFA will make final recommendations about the future of Stateville and Logan state prisons
The Illinois legislature’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability Friday will make final recommendations about the future of the Stateville and Logan state prisons, which the Pritzker administration wants to replace.… MORE
LGBTQ leaders from central Illinois honored by Illinois Comptroller Mendoza
Three LGBTQ leaders from central Illinois were singled out for recognition Tuesday by Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza. It’s in celebration of Pride Month.… 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…