WIU lays off about 1/4 of unionized faculty; AFL-CIO president slams GOP anti-worker ticket; U of I nurses vote to strike; Deere layoffs ‘kill good American jobs’
Columns
Yamas & Niyamas: The Hindu Ten Commandments?
by Dr. Mandar Pattekar • • Comments Off on 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
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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
by William Rau • • Comments Off on 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’
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on 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
Straight Talk: What in the world is going at WEEK-TV?
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on 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
The Watch: American Rescue Plan funds, racial justice are on the dockets
by Terry Bibo • • Comments Off on 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.
West Peoria News: Our beautiful trees are more than just scenery
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on 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
Labor roundup: UAW cries foul with Mercedes-Benz
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Union claims automaker interfered with vote; second Portillo’s, another Starbucks, unionize; doctors in Delaware file union paperwork
Straight Talk: Get out, and go to the Heart of Illinois Fair
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Straight Talk: Get out, and go to the Heart of Illinois Fair
The 75th edition is scheduled for July 16-20 at Exposition Gardens. And I can remember when it all started in 1945 when the group Peoria District Fair purchased 160 acres of the Walter Poppen Farm and completed the incredible ‘Operation Earthmoving’