Author Archive for Bill Knight

Arts Alerts: Screens — check out what’s streaming, on TV and in theaters this December

“Cover-Up” is about investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh, who won the Pulitzer for reporting on the My Lai massacre, and “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” is on Netflix. “The First Snow of Fraggle Rock” is on Apple TV+. “Percy Jackson & The Olympiads in a Sea of Monsters” is featured on Disney+, “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and Neil Diamond film “Song Sung Blue” in theaters

HERE’S TO OUR HEALTH: Heartland Health Services weathering the storms from funding cuts in Washington

In Peoria, Heartland Health Services provides care for about 22,000 patients a year at its 10 locations. That translates to about 260 patient visits each day. Nationwide, recent changes at the federal level mean some centers could face cuts, difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff, or even closing — leaving patients in need to do without or to turn to hospital emergency rooms for critical care.

5 questions for Paul Adams

Seventy-four-yearl-old former mental health professional, who is now an accomplished musician and artist, says, ‘Art ought to be genuine, not predictable or stereotypical’

Arts Alerts: Screens — check out what’s on this month

Watch for ‘American Revolution’ by Ken Burns, Michale Caine swan song ‘The Great Escape’ on PBS, ‘All her fault’ on Peacock, ‘Death by Lightning’ and on Netflix and ‘Wicked for Good’ and ‘The Secret Agent’ in theaters.

News analysis: We have the ‘right to vote,’ right?

BILL KNIGHT

Landmark Voting Rights Act is already on life support; will Supreme Court pull plug? Gutting guardrails on redistricting, new voter IDs, jeopardizing mail-in ballots, questioning voter machine, federal data grab nagging at our right

League of Women Voters calls for ‘All hands on deck’

Contact federal officials to reject additional Proof of Citizenship requirements to cast ballots ‘An estimated 21 million Americans could be shut out from the ballot box, particularly rural voters, students, women, communities of color, and members of the military.’

Several states of COVID confusion: ‘It’s a very challenging environment right now’

Be advised: Call your pharmacist, consult your doctor until the dust settles under the current administration. ‘There’s a lot at stake with the method of distribution and work-arounds, if necessary. Illinois is looking to have public-health health care.’