A new law extending the statute of limitations on rape kit testing helps the backlog of kits, but it doesn’t solve all the issues surrounding sexual assaults.… MORE
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Mitsubishi Task Force forms to help find buyer for the plant
Elected officials at the local, state and federal level are forming a committee to help those affected by the pending closure of the Mitsubishi Plant.… MORE
Rep. Brady helps pass eye medication, organ donation bills
State Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) has helped pass a measure to help seniors and others with chronic eye conditions and a separate measure to help the process for life-saving organ donations. … MORE
Illinois to allow right to try experimental drugs
Potentially life-saving drugs which are still in the testing phase will now be made available to certain patients in Illinois.… MORE
Rauner: No interest in lockout despite no progress in union talks
Negotiations between the governor and the state’s largest public employee union are getting hot – and public.… MORE
Panel recommends keeping Illinois State Museum open
The state’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability says it doesn’t like the idea to close the Illinois State Museum and its satellite locations, but it says more importantly, they want to be taken seriously.… MORE
Coprich apologizes for arrest earlier this year
Illinois State’s star running back wants to focus solely on football season and not on the arrest that sidelined him briefly in April.… MORE
Mellon says LaHood is dodging a debate
The Democratic candidate for Illinois’ 18th Congressional District said his opponent has backed away from a televised debate.… MORE
Illinois Senate shoots down annual pay raises
The state Senate has voted to forgo annual pay raises, but as expected, there was some dissent.… MORE
Reflection tent to return to Bloomington Race for the Cure
A new feature to last year’s Race for the Cure in Bloomington is back by popular demand.
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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…