GOP claims its doesn’t know anything about horrifying Heritage Foundation plan, but let’s see what they don’t want you to know
PAUL GORDON: Learn what happens, and tell your friends, if Project 2025 goes live
Prison state: $900M locked up in Illinois
Judge rules Stateville inmates must be moved despite plans to rebuild prison as well as Logan; but some of those inmates have better ideas for what to do with the money
MAGA? Here’s an America we should make great again
What we really need to do is go back to a time that wasn’t too long ago, when we held our president to a higher standard
ARTS ALERTS: The Illinois Art League showing at Time Gallery; “The Hope Chest” and “This Beautiful Mess” showing at Contemporary Art Center, “River of Painted Birds” at Art Guild
Open mic “Whisper and Shout,” returns to Contemporary Art Center; annual Art & Craft Fair, rain or shine, at the Hayloft Shops in Mossville; Peoria Art Guild’s Fine Art Fair scheduled for Sept. 28- 29 on the Riverfront; “Artrageous” comes to Five Points Washington; “Music in the Park,” hosted by Fon Du Lac library; plus classes, lectures and what’s on your screens
Inland Art: Looney Tuned
Genius of Ken Hoffman has created innumerable, brutally honest pieces, each filled with emotion; Go see him on display
Yamas & Niyamas: The Hindu Ten Commandments?
Reflections for a Hindu Perspective: Yogasutra — ancient wisdom — offers
a more universal set than the Biblical Ten
Nature Rambles: Nature of nostalgia reveals reality of our environment
Return trip to old stomping grounds at Wisconsin-Stevens Point reveals forest’s journey through time
Heat Waves — In Red & Black: Time to take climate science to court
Tort reform: Extreme weather attribution science can pinpoint damages of natural disasters to industrial causes of climate change
Labor roundup: Area loses ‘Lion of Labor’
Steamfitter Local 353’s Larry Dawson was 81; strikers settle with Illinois American Water; AFL-CIO endorses Harris for president
WCBU: No new landfill for another 15 years? County doesn’t think so
Despite contract to build Landfill #3, GFL pivots to using transfer station in Hopedale
Straight Talk: What in the world is going at WEEK-TV?
Congratulations to Mike McCoy and everybody who helped raise a record $11,659,937 for the
St. Jude Telethon; Park District spending $4.5 million to renovate the existing Golf Learning Center, but what about a music venue? And our fair has to try harder
ARTS ALERTS: ‘Ignite Peoria’ at Civic Center, Italian American Fest at Hickory Grove; Jazz at Trailside, First United Methodist Church
Corn Stock presents “Nine” and “The Mousetrap” and Peoria Players perform “Mean Girls: High School Version” plus Art Guild offering all kinds of classes
ARTS ALERTS: Meanwhile, why can’t we see these films?
Controversial ‘The Apprentice’ about Donald Trump and Roy Cohn; “Green Border” on the crisis of immigrating refugees; and “The Smell of Money” about Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in North Carolina are being held from theaters
Waiting on audit, WTVP may train to reach viewers
Public TV station looking to find its niche in streaming services
The Watch: American Rescue Plan funds, racial justice are on the dockets
League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
Mayor Ali facing at least one challenger
John Kelly, who was voted to City Council with Rita Ali, throwing his hat into ring for April election
West Peoria News: Our beautiful trees are more than just scenery
Peoria Garden Club celebrating 100th anniversary; Peoria Rugby Club helping start a program in West Peoria; Troop 11 Ice Cream Social this month
BILL KNIGHT: SAVE our students from crippling debt, help boost economy
Republican states blocking administration efforts to ease burden of student loans; but there’s an easy fix that helps both those with loans and taxpayers
PAUL GORDON: Energy to boot Joe needs to shift focus to MAGA manifestos
Kamala Harris takes over for Joe Biden to lead Democratic ticket against Donald Trump in one ugly season of politics; research Project 2025 and Agenda47
OP-ED: Ranked Choice Voting gives more power back to the electorate
“Should the State of Illinois adopt ranked choice voting — a system which gives voters the opportunity to rank multiple choices in a process that ensures the winner has gained approval by the majority of voters, allows voters to vote their true preference, gets rid of the ‘spoiler effect,’ and encourages more positive campaigning — for statewide and federal elections.”