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Green New Deal
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Green New Deal
Three members of Illinois’ Congressional delegation are co-sponsoring the Green New Deal, an ambitious public-works plan to address climate change and inequality, and though it faces stiff Republican opposition, it resonates with the public. Democratic U.S. Reps. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia,…
Love your Valentine and love the planet
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on Love your Valentine and love the planet
Kira Santiago understands the complexities of expressing love on Valentine’s Day. She wants to remind people that when thinking about love, extend thoughts to local, sustainable and organic. Organic matters for flowers as well as food! Santiago is an organic…
Untold stories from government shutdown
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on Untold stories from government shutdown
While furloughed federal employees are assured they will get back pay following the government’s temporary shutdown, contract workers have no such assurances. There are about 35 independent contract workers at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria. Requesting…
“Medicare for All” increasingly popular
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on “Medicare for All” increasingly popular
Health care’s high costs, inferior coverage and lack of inexpensive options aren’t news, but within 72 hours early last month, a few things sparked renewed interest in the increasingly feasible Medicare for All – news about price hikes for various…
Health care costs burden the country
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Health care costs burden the country
Central Illinois is familiar with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which for decades has treated children with leukemia. But few realize the cost associated with one of the most effective medicines used to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML): Gleevec. Manufactured…
Learn our history to change our future
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Learn our history to change our future
More than a dozen majestic oaks still stand in Hall Woods near Hall Cemetery just east of Lacon, witness to a lynching in 1898. The exact site of the lynching, reportedly by a mob of 100 men from Toluca, is…
New generation of Peoria policing embraces “one with community”
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on New generation of Peoria policing embraces “one with community”
Peoria Police Officer Daniel Duncan is driving 700 miles to Montgomery, Ala., looking for answers and looking for hope. His destination is the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. It may…
Water debate continues
by Terry Bibo • • Comments Off on Water debate continues
Agreed: Water and its safety are important to Central Illinois. Agreed: Water is a key piece of the economic puzzle as the City of Peoria faces huge financial strains. Agreed: Water’s place in that puzzle is determined by the Peoria…
Two Peoria TV stations part of corporate shuffle
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Two Peoria TV stations part of corporate shuffle
The corporation that owns WMBD-TV 31 and WYZZ-TV 43 could become the largest local TV station owner in the country if its proposed acquisition of Tribune Media is approved by the Federal Communications Commission. Texas-based Nexstar Media Group on Dec.…