Experts at Blue Island Newspaper Printing transformed PDF pixels into printed papers by Melanie Jongsma, Managing Editor HARVEY, Ill. (November 27, 2020) - I got an email from Bob Ogle at Blue Island Newspaper Printing (BINP) at 8:14am Friday letting me know the press-ready PDF I had uploaded Thursday evening was...

information gathered from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the SSMMA COVID dashboard LANSING, Ill. (November 27, 2020) - This post includes data for the village of Lansing and data visuals for the state of Illinois. Lansing The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association has created a COVID dashboard aggregating data...

Information provided by The Center for Visual and Performing Arts MUNSTER, Ind. (November 25, 2020) – A dinner and movie night with special themed menu featuring “A Christmas Story,” a Charles Dickens dinner show, headlining comics, and a New Year’s Eve dinner and concert saluting Frank Sinatra are all December...

COVID concerns cause IL's largest utilities to keep services running Information provided by the Illinois Commerce Commission CHICAGO, Ill. (November 25, 2020) – Over the last week, several Illinois utilities have announced that they voluntarily ceased disconnections for all residential customers through the winter months. The voluntary moratorium on residential disconnections...

61% of Illinois’ retail store owners have closed up shop Information provided by the Illinois Policy Institute CHICAGO, Ill. (November. 25, 2020) – As Illinoisans shop local on Small Business Saturday this year (November 28), new analysis shows there are fewer of them than there were last year. The Illinois Policy Institute...