Rockford Archives - Page 18 of 19

Rockford Amtrak service

— April 7, 2015

Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey has encouraged the community and state leaders to continue to advocate for passenger rail service between Rockford and Chicago. At a recent press conference,…

Durbin seeks assistance for Granite City steel workers
— March 29, 2015

Following U.S. Steel decision to idle Granite City works, senator calls for additional community support from U.S. Steel CEO and the Labor Department. Calling Granite City Works “a…
Electric bill surcharge proposed
— March 28, 2015

A $2 charge could be tacked onto electric bills in Illinois to support nuclear power plants. Even though customers of ComEd and Ameren, companies of Exelon, have already paid for the…
Our view: GOP senators cross line with letter to Iran leaders
— March 21, 2015

Why the far-right Republicans who currently hold Congress in a choke hold have such a visceral hatred for this particular President may best be left to others, perhaps psychologists….
Welcome to Sockford
— March 10, 2015

Midway celebrates city’s famed Sock Monkey There were no lines for treatment at Sockford General Hospital last Saturday. Owners of Rockford’s trademarked Sock Monkeys could step…

Local pension funding in critical shape
— March 28, 2015

Even Woodfield Mall couldn’t save Schaumburg residents from having to pay police and fire pensions. For more than 35 years, the shopping mecca generated enough revenue for the…
Non-profits prepare for the worst
— March 21, 2015

Officials at nonprofit agencies are holding their breath that proposed state funding cuts will be averted before Illinois’ 2016 budget goes into effect this summer. RAMP, which…
$Cheap gas may delay fracking in Illinois$

Cheap gas may delay fracking in Illinois
— March 10, 2015

Timing, as they say, is everything. And Illinois’ entry into the fracking game seems to have come at an inopportune time for that industry. For the last several years, states such…