Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White said Wednesday he put his employees on notice over problems with the state’s automatic voter registration program after it was revealed that more than 570 people who said they weren’t U.S. citizens were improperly registered to vote.… MORE
Illinois’ population is so diverse that it’s a much better choice than Iowa or New Hampshire to kick off the primary season.… MORE
Broadband access will be available to more of rural Illinois, with $50 million in capital funds available as matching funds announced by Gov. JB Pritzker.… MORE
State lawmakers Wednesday got their hearing into the “automatic voter registration” problem which led to more than 500 non-citizen drivers having their information sent to election authorities.… MORE
As we lead up to March Madness, one of the state’s business leaders is touting Makers’ Madness. … MORE
Illinois hunters harvested 153,048 deer during the most recent hunting season through a program that does more than fill freezers with venison. … MORE
A Bloomington man is facing a class 3 felony after allegedly punching a McLean County Sheriffs Officer in the head at the McLean County Law and Justice Center.… MORE
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation paving the way for local municipalities to contract with private firms to audit local businesses and state sales tax figures in hopes they’ll find a mistake. … MORE
With the debacle of the Iowa caucuses fresh in the minds of Illinois politicians, there’s bipartisan support to make the Land of Lincoln the first-in-the-nation primary. But that’s still just an idea at this point.… MORE
Winter weather is expected to hit most of the area starting Wednesday afternoon and into Thursday.… 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…