Politics

Urbana City Clerk Used City Property for Campaign Ad (Urbana, IL) - Phyllis Clark, the current Urbana City Clerk and candidate for Clerk in the upcoming April 2021 election, apparently used her city office during a campaign ad, which also included a city employee, who appears to be on city time.

Speaker Welch on the Resignation of Madigan (Springfield, IL) - 50 year IL State Senator and former Speaker of the House Michael Madigan announced that he is resigning today amid corruption claims and federal investigation.

Mayor Rogers of Dolton Receives Mayor of the Year Award (Dolton, IL) - At the 02/16/2021 Board Meeting, The Southland Journal presented Mayor Riley Rogers with the Mayor of the Year Award.

Video: Mayor Eugene Williams and The Lynwood First Team

Vision Salon Sets Standard on Eye Problem Prevention Tactics (Blue Island, IL) - Vision Salon’s mission is to preserve, restore and enhance the vision of every customer. Owner of Vision salon, Dr. Ansel T. Johnson, believes early detection and prevention is the key to eye health.

DuPage Township Clerk Resigned (Bolingbrook, IL) - Last night, the DuPage Township Clerk sent an email resigning from office. There was an issue last month (in...

Robbins Political Forum (Robbins, IL) - Last night, The Southland Journal hosted a political forum for all candidates in the upcoming consolidated election.

New Bill Would Protect Right To Garden In Illinois – Late last week, Rep. Sonya Harper filed the Illinois Vegetable Garden Protection Act (HB 633), which would preserve and protect the right of all Illinoisans to “cultivate vegetable gardens on their own property, or on the property of an...

Jeff Kosseff wrote the book on Section 230, the law that gave us the internet we have today. He talks with ProPublica Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg about how we got here and how we should regulate our way out.

Shelby County – Appellate Court Briefs filed (Shelby Co.) - The Shelby County Board illegally hired a private attorney back in 2014 and continued paying for those services for years.  When the County Treasurer could not get an answer to the legality of paying for those legal bills she refused to pay them.  That action leads to two lawsuits.  One by the illegally hired attorney, Ed Flynn, and the other by a newly elected County Board member Mark Bennett.