It’s never a bad time to learn about election security.… MORE

It’s never a bad time to learn about election security.… MORE
“Name / image / likeness” is a legal way for college athletes to make money; say, by turning up on a car dealer’s television commercial, or when the campus bookstore sells a jersey with his or her name on it.… MORE
A partial solar eclipse occurs around midday Saturday, but central and northern Illinois will not have the best view.… MORE
With nothing to do in Washington with no speaker, U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-Springfield) shared her thoughts about the nation’s top stories with reporters in Decatur Monday.… MORE
You just might see a big, 56-foot bus wrapped in blue and green, festooned with the logos of Illinois manufacturers.… MORE
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) expressed hope that future federal budget discussions will be bipartisan, even after the House vote that removed California representative Kevin McCarthy from the speakership. … MORE
The Pritzker administration is bragging about a big “get” – a research “biohub” in Chicago that’s part of a Mark Zuckerberg project. … MORE
Illinois DCFS director Marc Smith has announced his resignation, effective Dec. 31.… MORE
By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield campus of the University of Illinois is rolling out the “Prairie Promise.” It’s a waiver of tuition and fees for qualifying students. In addition to qualifying for the MAP grant program, UIS vice chancellor for enrollment and retention management Vickie Cook says there are other requirements: “Students need…… MORE
The first state to ban book bans is celebrating Banned Books Week. … 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…