Once a law or regulation is in place, it’s usually hard and time-consuming to remove. But when the pandemic shut down much of normal life last year, lawmakers showed they could move quickly in a crisis.
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Picture the image of a person you would think to be a drug dealer?
New home construction in Kankakee County is in the tank, and that’s putting it nicely.
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With their industry under assault, oil and gas workers are being assured they can simply transition to renewable energy jobs.
Friends ask: “Why hasn’t Mike Madigan been indicted yet? After all, he has been under investigation for what must be a couple of years now.”
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas raised ire from conservatives for vetoing legislation passed by the Arkansas state Legislature.
One of the top movies this past year was “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
Non-peaceful public protest season has resumed. It picked up where it left off last year, in Minnesota.
In today’s Weekend Edition of the Daily Journal, you’ll find the second of three Progress special sections. The first two weeks of the series are dedicated to bestowing honors to residents and organizations throughout the community with our Progress Awards.
When the closed sign was hung on polling places throughout the city at 7 p.m. Tuesday, it seems that many didn’t really have opinions after all.
It doesn’t matter who wins the election and will lead the city for the next four years: The city must get the gun violence under control.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, make sure you get out to the polls today and vote.
Those elected to city and county office will have more impact on your day-to-day life than the President of the United States would ever dream of having.
It could be argued that a sense of normalcy is more important to children than it is to us adults.
This innocuous example of false information on social media puts a spotlight on the more harmful mistruths that run rampant on the platforms.
We published a story from The Associated Press in Monday’s edition that reported the Illinois Department of Transportation spent $6.1 million last year to pick up litter.
Today, we present the second installment of our examination of the 12 long months since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Kankakee County.
The notion that not everyone learns the same way got pushed to the wayside at some point.
When classes went online during the COVID-19 pandemic, the students went with them. It left college campuses around the nation looking like ghost towns.
There are many things you can put off until tomorrow that you could do today.
Apex predator species of all types are a key to a balanced environment.
Remember the first stay-at-home order issued in Illinois? On March 20, 2020, Gov. JB Pritzker and state health officials hosted a joint press conference to declare that all residents were to remain in their homes except for essential travel.
We can only fix what we understand, and homelessness is a problem that must be fixed.
Since the very first cellphone call was made in 1973, these small, rectangular objects have become one of the most important things in our lives.
Despite what you may have heard — repeatedly — journalists are most definitely not your enemy. We believe that holds especially true when it comes to local journalists. The ones who live in your community and have made it their life’s work to inform.
Want to see something depressing? Do a Google news search for “Illinois pensions.”
It sure seems the wheels are finally turning, and it’s a welcome change.
The time to make a plan is now, not on the fly when the worst is happening.
In a much-anticipated return, Paramount and Meadowview theatres will be reopening their doors on April 15.
We’re disgusted that a reason exists to write this.
These three lawmakers all served in the same pay period. And under state law, all three are entitled to a full month’s salary — $5,788.66.
In the United States, 5.2% of adults suffered from such issues in 2019.
Lawmakers should reject House Bill 811, as they have similar legislation in the past.
House Bill 3653 is the latest example of something that can be described as the good, the bad and the ugly.
The regional bee returns tonight in virtual form as 12 winners from their respective area schools will vie for the title.
We will most likely never see a politician like Mike Madigan ever again. Nor should we.
A physical injury such as a bruise or cut is generally easy to identify as it is often in plain view.
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