This week’s IT cover story will introduce our readers to Looming, the dynamic young Springfield band that is spearheading the lively Southtown punk scene. Before the issue hits the stands. check out this exclusive mini-documentary where we pay a visit to the band in their practice space to discuss their upcoming debut LP “Nailbiter” (No […]
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At long last, a ban on transfat
Editor’s note: University of Illinois comparative biosciences professor Fred Kummerow, now 100, first reported a link between dietary transfats and heart disease in 1957. Trained in lipid biochemistry, Kummerow later determined the mechanisms by which transfats contributed to atherosclerosis in patients with heart disease. In 2009, he petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban […]
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A day at the races
As a child, I always wanted to go see the monster trucks. As an adult, I still wanted to. Who cares about high culture when there’s raw, roaring power destroying stuff? I got my wish this weekend. Next time, I’ll stay for the whole thing.
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To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate
The Illinois General Assembly has voted to strip state workers of the right to strike, and the unions actively lobbied to make it happen. A bill passed Saturday would apply mediation and arbitration procedures to all state workers in Illinois. The procedures are already used when negotiations fail between governments and police, fire and other […]
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The Show Must Go On
Capitol observers could be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu. For the second week in a row, the Illinois House of Representatives ran legislation modeled after Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s agenda, and for the second week in a row, Republicans raised objections. Two weeks ago, a bill resembling Rauner’s proposed budget was brought […]
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Tapped out
Nehemiah Dawson is five years old, he is third in his kindergarten class for spelling and he has Autism Spectrum disorder. But the program that his parents credit with most of his success might not have a future. The Autism Program (TAP) is one of several state programs that lost all funding as part of […]
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Fiddle virtuoso Jeremy Kittel
On Saturday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m., violin and fiddle virtuoso Jeremy Kittel joins the Illinois Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Evan Chambers’ “Concerto for Fiddle” and Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” featuring ISO’s concertmaster Violetta Todorova. The program will open with Brahms’ pastoral “Third Symphony,” as directed by ISO’s conductor laureate, Kenneth Kiesler. Kittel, widely recognized as one […]
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On the stump
Making points: Candidates Jim Langfelder, left, and Paul Palazzolo, right, have carved out differences between themselves but share the same goals for the city. PHOTO BY PATRICK YEAGLE It is near the end of a grueling day on the campaign trail. The two candidates for Springfield mayor are sitting side by side in a Lincoln […]
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Mostly Mozart By Illinois Symphony Orchestra
The Illinois Symphony Orchestra is putting on a “Mostly Mozart” Concert at six and eight PM, Friday March 20 at the First Presbyterian Church, 321 S Seventh St. It is “mostly” Mozart because in between the two Mozart Pieces they will be priemiering a brand new piece, “Musica Nostalgia” by Uzbekistani Composer Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky. This […]
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Angry crowd protests Rauner’s budget cuts
The Capitol dome echoed with chants of “We are the 99 percent,” “Whose money? Our money” and “Tax the rich.” Every so often, a hush fell over the crowd as they raised their fists in solidarity. That was the scene last week as protesters swarmed the Statehouse to protest Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget cuts. […]
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Ward 2 candidates support residency requirement
Candidates for alderman in Springfield’s Ward 2 say they would fight for a residency requirement and to make sure their ward gets a fair share of money from video gambling. The two candidates survived a six-way primary in February and now face off in the April 7 general election. Springfield NAACP president Teresa Haley and […]
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County cop hit again
A Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy with a history of running afoul of judges is again in trouble in a courtroom. This time, Deputy Travis Koester is in the crosshairs of U.S. District Court Judge Sue Myerscough, who has signaled strongly that she will find that he needlessly tased and arrested a woman who posed no […]
