There were 3.5 days suitable for field work during the week ending May 14, 2023.… MORE
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Illinois lawmakers enter final stretch of spring session
By week’s end, Illinois lawmakers just may pass a budget and adjourn.… MORE
Illinois GOP members react to DeSantis visit
The state’s Republicans Friday could only look and listen, and think, someday that could be us, as they took in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ keynote address at a GOP dinner in Peoria.… MORE
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis makes stop in Peoria
Illinois Republicans Friday got a look at something they do not have of their own: a statewide winner.… MORE
Bakana guilty of all charges connected to 2021 fatal shooting
Michael Bakana has been found guilty of all charges connected to the Jan. 30, 2021, shooting death of 22-year-old Mariah Petracca outside Daddios, a downtown Bloomington nightclub.… MORE
Illinois House GOP lawmakers propose some job-friendly legislation
With just a week to go in the legislative session, Illinois House Republicans say they have numerous good bills, if supermajority Democrats would only pay attention.… MORE
State officials saluted health care workers as the pandemic has finally ended
Gov. JB Pritzker, at the Sangamon County Department of Public Health today Thursday, saluted health care workers as the pandemic has finally ended.… MORE
Juvenile injured after early morning shooting in Bloomington
A girl is recovering from a gunshot wound after an early Thursday morning shooting on Bloomington’s east side.… MORE
Bakana interrogation footage released; Prosecutors wrapped up their case against Bakana, closings likely on Friday
Prosecutors have rested their case and the jury has been sent home as day three wound down in the Michael Bakana murder trial.… MORE
Some Illinois Republicans accusing Pritzker administration of trying to entrap law-abiding gun owners
The state’s assault weapons ban is still not sorted out.… 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…