2019 starts with some important West Peoria meetings. Neighborhood Watch will meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 in City Hall. Speaker to be announced. Begin 2019 with participation in your community. Plan on attending and bring a neighbor or friend…
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Labor Roundup | January 2019
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Senators to Verizon, subcontractor: End pregnancy discrimination. Nine U.S. Senators, led by Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, have demanded that Verizon and the subcontractor running its Memphis warehouse, XPO Logistics, answer published details about unusually high…
Views & Perspectives | 2018 elections year of women and record turnout
by Ray LaHood • • Comments Off on Views & Perspectives | 2018 elections year of women and record turnout
The 2018 elections set many new records. It appears the largest ever number of voters turned out in an off-year election when traditionally people do not vote. Nov. 6 election participation by eligible voters was 49.2 percent nationwide. This is…
Bill Knight | Dissent and protest in America
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A 36-year-old history professor at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, Dawson Barrett is a 2000 graduate of Illinois Valley Central High School in Chillicothe. He has a new book about recent history and an appreciation for his interest…
Straight Talk | Post election thoughts
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The elections are over … for most. After voters were submitted to countless ads in the media and way too many political interviews, the dust has settled. The winners are enjoying the fruits of their labors and the losers are…
Reflections From The Clergy | Maternal health is a human rights issue
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As Christmas decorations and celebrations surround us, we often take for granted the story of the birth of Jesus that created the reason for this holiday. I have found that as we remember all the other strange and miraculous stories…
Real Talk | A -meri -Ca / A country divided
by Kamara Taylor • • Comments Off on Real Talk | A -meri -Ca / A country divided
Never in my lifetime have I seen so much division in a democratic country. I realize that in a society where we have allowed sound bites and hash tags to think for us, we have gotten lost in the translation…
Nature Rambles | Nero fiddles
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As November snows fall on the quiet landscape of Central Illinois, an inferno of unprecedented magnitude blisters California. Wildfires rip through the foothills near Paradise, Chico and Malibu, whipped to a frenzy by dry Santa Ana winds. Fires are so…
Inland Art | A not-in-New York artist
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With 2018 winding down, I feel obliged to reflect briefly on central contemporary art figures in the Midwest. Art from the middle America differentiates itself from coastal markets via artists such as Ed Paschke, Phyllis Bramson, Kerry James Marshall and…
Art: What is it Good For? | What will it take to be a national arts destination?
by Doug and Eileen Leunig • • Comments Off on Art: What is it Good For? | What will it take to be a national arts destination?
The words “Peoria will be a national arts destination” are heard around town in more and more meetings and gatherings. It’s a grand concept first declared by John Morris, CEO and president of the Peoria Riverfront Museum, but what exactly…