This month, we passed the six-month mark for the coronavirus pandemic. It was March 13, when a national emergency was declared and our country…
Thumbs Up … to restoration of the 32 stained glass windows at Sacred Heart Church in Moline. If you saw the pictures in this newspaper last Su…
The Rock Island City Council moved last week toward ordering bars in the city to close an hour earlier.
Thumbs Up … to City of East Moline for its greater downtown revitalization plan, which is aimed at creating a regional destination for commerc…
In the age of coronavirus, there are few things as comforting as home.
Thumbs Up … to the City of Davenport’s infrastructure push this summer. The city puts the cost at projects that are completed or underway at a…
The terrible violence that has grown out of protests for racial justice in parts of the U.S. has been painful to watch.
Thumbs Up … to the formation of a legislative committee in Springfield to investigate House Speaker Mike Madigan. The investigation will cente…
The two headlines in our Tuesday sports section were striking in the story they told:
Since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, there have been protests across the country seeking reform. Reform of p…
Thumbs Up ... to Sister Joan Lescinski, the president of St. Ambrose University, who has led the institution since 2007. Lescinski announced t…
Last week, we learned that Iowa’s unemployment rate was 6.5% for July. That's more than twice what it was a year ago.
About half a million students in Iowa are heading back to school this week, and many of their parents are worried sick.
Thumbs Up … to a program in Moline that's pairing police officers with social workers.Â
The Illinois Supreme Court took a welcome step last week in transferring a challenge to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s emergency orders stemming from th…
Thumbs Up … to the Davenport School District for its decision to delay the start of the school year until Sept. 8. The district had wanted to …
There was hardly a yard to be seen without debris Tuesday; a neighborhood without the buzz of chainsaws, or an intersection with operable traf…
Last week, officials with the Rock Island County Health Department sent out this plea to people who may be affected by COVID-19: Pick up the t…
Iowa has finally rid itself of its shameful standing as the only state in the nation to automatically ban people with felony convictions from voting.
Thumbs Up … to Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C., for coming together on legislation to address the nearly $12 billion in backlogg…
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Soon, if they haven’t already, voters all across the Quad-Cities will be getting forms in the mail asking if they want an absentee ballot for …
Thumbs Up ... to Reverend P. Wonder Harris, of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in East Moline, who has created the Diamond Pledge, a way fo…
Two weeks ago, the 3rd District Appellate Court in Illinois put a temporary hold on the demolition of the historic Rock Island Courthouse.
We probably shouldn’t be surprised. In 2018, Mitch McConnell made it clear that, in the event of a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, even in …
For years, state lawmakers in the Quad-Cities have danced with the specter of Mike Madigan.
Thumbs Up ... to efforts by the nonprofit Nahant Marsh Education Center, which is restoring 40 acres at the preserve in west Davenport. The no…
Who do you trust to educate your kids? To keep them safe?
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