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What a great feeling it is to get Back to Business here in the Southland and across Illinois.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on us: on our businesses, our schoolchildren and teachers, our seniors and most vulnerable, and...
Joyce talks State Fair, Ag, Teacher Shortage and the Delta Variant
The Illinois State Fair brings back many fond memories. The great smells of hot and sweet fair food, the not-as-great smells of the animal...
Op-Ed: The Summer of Hope
This is a summer of hope, of reconnecting – of getting our lives back.
Since I returned home from the spring legislative session in Springfield...
Op-Ed: The Work in Springfield continues this Summer
June is here, and summertime usually means our legislative session in Springfield is finished. But as I write you this month, our work continues.
We...
Op-Ed: Covering up just makes good sense today: for Illinois farm fields, for our economy and for our environment
Covering up just makes good sense today: for Illinois farm fields, for our economy and for our environment
As a longtime family farmer, I have...