The harvest progress is 80 percent for corn in Illinois, 92 percent for soybeans. … MORE
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Report: Illinois doctors prescribe injured workers more expensive remedies, sends costs higher
When the nation’s doctors began moving away from opioid-based pain medication for patients injured on the job, prescribers in many states shifted patients to traditional pain medication while those in Illinois turned patients to significantly more expensive alternatives.… MORE
Mandated sick pay could come for vote when Illinois lawmakers return in January
While it didn’t pass before lawmakers left for the year, a measure mandating Illinois employers give all employees, even part-time ones, earned sick pay could come up next year.… MORE
UPDATED: Accused child killer’s lawyer seeks convictions on less serious charges
The attorney for an accused child killer from Normal acknowledges his client is guilty of domestic battery, but did not commit more serious charges, including murder.… MORE
Normal adopts rules for cannabis businesses, approves tax on dispensary sales
Normal is welcoming cannabis-related businesses to town, setting what elected leaders say are strict ground rules and imposing a sales tax when recreational marijuana use becomes legal New Years Day.… MORE
Deliberations to continue Tuesday morning in Baker trial
A woman charged with killing her 8-year-old stepdaughter will have to wait another day to hear the jury’s verdict.… MORE
Former Bloomington man sentenced 6.5 years for embezzling $500,000 from elderly Peoria woman
A man, formerly from McLean County, has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for embezzling $500,000 from an elderly Peoria woman.… MORE
Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification set for December
Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification is set for next month, according to a news release Monday.… MORE
Advocate BroMenn Medical Center patient safety grade falls in latest report
Most Illinois hospitals scored well in a new patient safety report.… MORE
WBRP receives $50,000 grant for food security programs, bike co-op
The West Bloomington Revitalization Project has received funding to pilot two new programs for those who can’t get fresh food.… 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…