The Editorial Board weighs in on a few recent stories and topics.
THUMBS UP! To new playgrounds. Lake Mattoon is now home to two new playgrounds, just in time for spring and summer and the visiting families ready to take the new equipment for a spin. The lake’s east and west campgrounds each received new playgrounds — a first for the east campground — and …
The Editorial Board weighs in on some recent Central Illinois news.
When I moved to Piatt County, I signed up for Rep. Mary Miller’s newsletter.
A few months back, President Donald Trump said something that got attention from too few people.
The death penalty should be off the table for Luigi Mangione, accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. And not for any reason sympathetic to Mangione.
Imagine you’re a senior manager for a company. You and other members of your corporate braintrust, working in different locations, hop on a group text to discuss strategic plans relating to your chief competitor, but you mistakenly add to the group a business reporter with whom you’ve spoken…
President Donald Trump’s silencing of the Voice of America serves him two ways: Attacking the press and doing a favor for dictators around the world he so admires.
Here’s a reminder that businesses and investors hate uncertainty most of all.
"Imagine Indiana and Illinois using the strengths of their economies to help both states grow, even as they compete," opines the editorial board for the Terre Haute Tribune-Star.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board laments the "fully preventable" death of an unvaccinated child from a measles outbreak in Texas, stressing the importance of childhood vaccines.
With no evidence and with no proof, President Donald Trump recklessly and outrageously blamed last Wednesday’s horrid mid-air collision in Washington on his all-encompassing boogeyman of diversity, equity and inclusion.
The Chicago Tribune editorial board is "cautiously optimistic Democrats who long have ruled Springfield won’t turn first to tax hikes and other revenue raisers that have eroded Illinois’ competitiveness."
The Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial Board writes in approval of Trump's efforts to dismantle Biden's orders on oil and gas production.
Editorial Board: We are still recovering from the whiplash of the Trump administration ordering all federal spending to freeze and then taking it back within 48 hours.
the Trump administration as well as local representatives must do more to squelch the anxiety overtaking entire communities, the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board writes.
Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’re likely frustrated that President Donald Trump issued mass pardons for people arrested for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6.
THUMBS UP! To a long-lost Bible finding its way home. Books to Benefit volunteer Mary Ryder has an eye for extraordinary books, so when a Mennonite Bible printed in German showed up, she knew she had to get it back to the family whose lineage is traced on its pages. With the help of Sheldon …
New York Daily News: Facebook’s about-face on speech: Mark Zuckerberg sways with the political winds
Mark Zuckerberg can do with his social media giant Meta as he pleases and he aims to please the prevailing views of the federal government. The return of Donald Trump to the White House coincides with the naming of key Trump ally and UFC CEO Dana White to its board and abruptly deciding to m…
The United States faces a nationwide crisis in which our young people are reading at alarmingly low rates, with just 1 in 3 fourth graders meeting proficiency standards. So why are some on the right focused on standardized testing, not for students but for teachers?
Just days remain before Joe Biden is officially sent into retirement. How much more damage can he do? If the past month is any indication, the answer is plenty.
The Editorial Board weighs in on a few local, state and regional stories this week.
The Editorial Board weighs in on a few big stories this week.
Why is Congress protecting untraceable weapons?
The Editorial Board weighs in on a few stories that drew attention this week.
Chicago Tribune: Lame-duck Biden administration should not intentionally sabotage the new Trump crew
During the presidential campaign, Democrats argued that the so-called “Deep State,” the term many Republicans have given to overreaching federal bureaucrats, was a myth. But some of the protective efforts being made to forestall the incoming Donald Trump administration suggest otherwise.
The Editorial Board weighs in on a few stories this week.
A September study in the Journal of the American Medical Association illustrates just how interconnected mental health and community truly are. By cross-referencing survey results about emotional well-being from over 2,000 Allegheny County teenagers with the locations of their homes, the stu…
Given how the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority is better known for limiting the authority of federal regulatory agencies than supporting them, this week’s small victory for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is an especially welcome one.
Soon the people who brought the world headlines like “World Death Rate Holding Steady at 100 Percent” and “Drugs Win Drug War,” will be putting Infowars to good use, the Daily News writes.