News Progress

October 22, 2014 by William C Bailey Professor, Western Illinois University It was an email, sent by a student from Oquawka, which brought into focus an on-going issue that could affect Illinois food consumers. Oquawka, by the way, is the home of the first monument to an elephant in Illinois, and, perhaps, the United States. Taylorville and Showman’s Rest, in Forest Park, also have elephant monuments. The student, recalling that I like to read labels on the food I purchase, alerted me to a label she recently saw. The label, on imported soymilk, advertised it contained no Genetically Modified Organisms … Read More

October 22, 2014 By Jim Nowlan Outside Columnist We should always be careful about amending the Illinois Constitution because if problems arise later, the document is very difficult to change. Voters will face two proposed amendments on the November ballot. Both sound like motherhood and apple pie provisos, yet a constitutional law expert thinks both are flawed and should be rejected. … Read More