The Illinois Auditor General’s compliance report released yesterday expressed an adverse opinion on DCFS’ lack of compliance and material and pervasive misstatements regarding the subject matter of the examination. In some…

According to a recent investigation, at least 177 state employees appear to have defrauded the federal Paycheck Protection Program. We need to send a clear message that this disappointing behavior…

Please tell me that Chicago’s mayor is not in the pocket of the CTU: “I personally don’t give a lot of attention to grades…. My responsibility is not merely to…

On this day 60 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the most influential and memorable speeches in history. On August 28, 1963, during the March on…

Happy National Dog Day! Zoë says to check out my recent Reick Report: https://bit.ly/8-25-TheReickReport

Friday nights just got a little bit better with high school football season kicking off across Illinois. Wishing all our student-athletes a great season ahead! https://www.thecaucusblog.com/2023/08/friday-night-lights-tradition-for-many.html

National Airborne Day is observed on August 16th each year to commemorate the first official American parachute jump, made in 1940 by the U.S. Army’s Parachute Test Platoon. Today we…

I was privileged to attend yesterday’s ceremony dedicating Building D at the McHenry County Fairgrounds as the “Orion Samuelson Meeting Hall.” For over 60 years, Orion was the voice of…

Illinois schools are not only facing teacher shortages but also a shortage of social workers, psychologists, counselors, and nurses.

The Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is hosting a virtual job fair on Tuesday, July 25 from 1-2 p.m. The job fair will be held online and is…