Inflation Reduction Act provides incentives making heat pump water tanks much more affordable
Heat Waves — In Red & Black: First steps for lean, clean and green home rehab
by William Rau • • 1 Comment
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America’s Pastime: Illinois base ball in 1800s fun, first
by Bill Knight • • 1 Comment
‘Ballists, Dead Beats and Muffins: Inside Early Baseball in Illinois’ is a 250-page gem about the game’s early origins around the state
Bill Knight: Can bipartisanship outdo ‘Cavity Caucus’ and Big Ag for next Farm Bill?
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Forecast to cost $700 billion over five years, the next Farm Bill will determine how food is grown, who has access to it and at what cost. It can seem too complex, which is how political mischief can occur.
Nature Rambles: Irresistibly radiant fragrance of flowers from milkweeds sure sign of early summer season
by Mike Miller • • 1 Comment
The best place to experience July in Illinois is a pathway that winds through a prairie. The forest pathways have had their quick burst of spring, and now are slumbering through a shady respite. They will have their season of…
Straight Talk: Sixty-year reunion rekindles memory of a lifetime
by Roger Monroe • • 2 Comments
The noon get together could not have been scripted better by Hollywood. Zack and Merl shook hands while smiling eyeball to eyeball. They sat down and talked and talked as family members admired the budding friendship.
Inland Art: Peter Ahart has got Your 6
by Lisa Nelson Raabe • • 0 Comments
Military veteran comes at you from all directions with mediums and materials in his exhibition at the Peoria Art Guild
Bill Knight: Rich tax dodgers cost us all
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Federal budgets gutting the IRS, whose audits target “earned income” homes over the wealthy. … Candidates say they support “law and order.” But it’s really for some.
The Lion’s Den: Hip-Hop has become CNN of the ghetto
by Daniel McCloud • • 2 Comments
So explained not only for the genre’s origins but also because it is an art form born of the streets that gave a voice to the voiceless and would let the world know what was happening in forgotten America. … Today Hip-Hop has transformed our world; from commercials to movie soundtracks, the “culture” is thriving.
Inland Art: Local MAP guides young artists on career path
by John Heintzman • • 0 Comments
INSIDE OUT: Amazing ‘Body Worlds RX’ at Riverfront Museum brilliantly exposes life — and health
by Bill Knight • • 0 Comments
Donating bodies to science goes beyond helping medical students and harvesting organs, as shown by the world-renowned “Body Worlds RX” exhibit opening May 13 at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Today, seniors are warned to pay attention to their hips…