This weekend I spent a few hours outside of WalMart collecting for Christmas Clearing House, which is the Woodstock Rotary’s program to bring food and holiday cheer to over a…

It’s Thanksgiving week, let’s count our blessings and give some thought for others who are less fortunate. Share your bounty, it will come back to you manyfold.

We’re heading into Championship Week for high school football. Best of luck to the Cary-Grove Trojans as they take on East St. Louis for the Class 6A championship at 1:00…

With the holidays coming up, I had intended for last week’s Reick Report to be the final one for the year. However, this week we had a major announcement from the Governor…

The governor held a press conference today where he announced that he was committing $160 million of state funds to ease the transition for migrants coming into Illinois, from sleeping…

Turns Out We Didn’t – Legislative Update:  Last week’s newsletter was titled: “Second Week of Veto Session, Will We Get More Done Than Last Week (Which Was Nothing)?” As it…

“Today’s Northwest Herald has a section devoted to our veterans, which is not only timely but does a great job of reminding us what we owe to those who came…

There’s an op-ed in today’s Sun Times authored by the heads of 4 of the state’s largest labor unions calling for an extension of the Invest in Kids program. So…

Legislative Update:  Last week the House met in Springfield for two days and is set to return next week for the final week of Veto Session, where a number of…

Did you know that nearly 1 in 2 Americans has diabetes or prediabetes?  Our country’s diabetes epidemic includes the ever-growing number of people with Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes,…