The Biden administration has been forced to make a lot of tough calls in contending with COVID, not all of them to widespread acclaim. From demanding a closer examination of the virus’ origins to pushing for a vaccine mandate for large private companies, we’ve supported his robust use of exe…
The autumn harvest is underway in Illinois, and it’s a juicy one despite the otherwise lousy year.
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Every city council or school board has issues large and small that impact the lives of the people it serves.
New health issues threaten us regularly. Fortunately, we have periods committed to reminders about old foes and the damage they continue to do.
We have evidence now that’s more than apocryphal. People in service industries are leaving their jobs in record numbers.
The best and worst of Central Illinois this week.
This is the way the governing majority ends. This is the way the governing majority ends. This is the way the governing majority ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
Administrators talked about stopping the exodus of high school graduates from Illinois and a desire to work as a coalition to keep students in-state.
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Perhaps the best way to show COVID-19 that it won’t overwhelm us is to turn up, even more, our efforts during Friday’s WSOY Community Food Drive.
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Many Americans, especially those under 40 and including many reporters and a hefty chunk of the Twitterati, have no personal experience of what inflation can do to an economy, or to a citizen saving for retirement.
The Supreme Court with a conservative supermajority began its new term Monday, hearing arguments in person again (sans COVID-positive Brett Kavanaugh) for the first time since the pandemic began, and it will consider cases defining constitutional rights for the 21st century. We’ll have plent…
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The Illinois Republican who voted to impeach President Donald Trump discusses his frustrations with partisan extremists.
Appearances point to the need for drastic revisions.
Congress has approved more than $46 billion in rental assistance to help during the shutdown. But just more than 10% of that has actually been distributed.
Washington politicians on both sides of the aisle have grown so fearful of the truth, they seem willing to say or do anything to hide it from the American people.
It’s not just manufacturing that’s suffering.
The Bears were founded in 1919 as the company team of A.E. Staley and played in Decatur for just one season.
The best and worst of the week in Central Illinois.
Natural gas heats homes, but it’s also vital for industry.
iI's all about the federal government trying to squeeze Americans for additional tax dollars in an effort to fund Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget wish list.
As a start, lawmakers should pressure Facebook to scrap Instagram Youth entirely and make a more earnest effort to protect teenagers across its services.
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