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Posted on May 21, 2016

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing an additional 700 million gallons of biofuels be added to their current amount for a total of 18.7 billion gallons of alternative fuels.… MORE

Chiefs win 4 in a row with 4-run 1st

Chiefs win 4 in a row with 4-run 1st

Posted on May 18, 2016

The Peoria Chiefs have won four straight road games and are back over .500 for the first time since April 22 thanks to a 4-3 win over the Kane County Cougars on Tuesday night. The series-opening win gives the Chiefs nine wins in their last 11 games and a 19-18 record on the season.… MORE

The forgotten age of domestic terrorism

The forgotten age of domestic terrorism

Posted on May 15, 2016

As fears of domestic terror can close down airport gates and lead to mandatory bag checks at nearly every public event, an era of home grown bombings in the United States has been nearly forgotten. In the early 1970s radical groups smuggled bombs into skyscrapers, targeted the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol and even targeted…… MORE

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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…