Finalsite, an internet software house that provides school districts with website design, hosting, and content management solutions, has been hit by a ransomware attack. Earlier this week, school districts whose websites are hosted by Finalsite discovered that they were no longer accessible or displayed errors. While at the time Finalsite blamed the issues on “performance difficulties” […]
Amazon workers at two Chicago warehouses walk out to demand better treatment
This morning, dozens of warehouse workers at two Amazon facilities near Chicago staged a pre-Christmas walkout during the busiest time of the year to demand better treatment and higher wages. “We have been passed over for raises. We are being overworked, even when there is sufficient people to work here,” a worker at the DLN2 […]
Amid violent threats, lawmaker ditches bill to make unvaxxed pay hospital bills
“We just can’t have a reasonable conversation anymore,” Illinois Rep. Carroll said.
In Illinois, Black-owned farms collectively make up only 18,659 acres
Conservationists See Rare Nature Sanctuaries. Black Farmers See a Legacy Bought Out From Under Them.
Tony Briscoe, photography by Rashod Taylor, special to ProPublica (Oct. 14, 2021) Ward remembers a time when much of Sweet Fern Savanna belonged to Bla…
The Pinball Wizard of Illinois
“McLean, Illinois, has a population of 750 people and 100 pinball machines.” The tiny Illinois town, 15 miles outside Bloomington-Normal, is experiencing a downtown revival after a pinball collector opened not one but two pinball arcades. He has also r…
Please stop adding more lanes to busy highways—it doesn’t help
Why do highway planners refuse to accept that more lanes means more traffic?
A California judge just struck down Prop 22: Now what?
California is not going to resolve this issue. Congress is not going to resolve this issue because it almost never resolves anything. So the game comes down to individual states.