City Beat

     Decatur voters have barely had time to catch their breath from last week’s 2022 General Election before attention turns towards our municipal government and the expiring terms of Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and Councilmembers Bill Faber, Lisa Gregory and Dennis Cooper.      As I’m writing this column Moore Wolfe and Gregory have already announced they are…

       The General Election of 2022 is finally over but the stench of verbal character assassination of candidates will fill the political air for a long time.      Now it is time to “power wash” your television because of all the residue it has collected from political commercials that got so nasty that more than a…

       This is our last edition before next Tuesday’s General Election and I think everyone I have talked with, including candidates, are happy to see this campaign nearing an end. I share those feelings and explain why in my “View-point” column on page 3 of this edition. We are overloaded with “Letters to the Editor”…

       This week, we take a closer look at another race that impacts our area between Democrat Nikki Budzinski of Springfield and Republican Regan Deering of Decatur who are battling to see who will represent us in Congress from the 13th District, which includes part of Macon County. The Decatur Tribune asked the same three…

       This week, we take a closer look at another race that impacts our area between Republican Shane Mendenhall and Democrat Andrew Weatherford who are campaigning to replace retiring Judge Thomas E. Little in the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Macon County in the Nov. 8 General Election. This race is attracting a lot more attention…

                 Political campaigns are in the final stretch as there is less than a month before the Nov. 8th General Election Day and early voting continues. This week, we take a closer look at another race that impacts Decatur and Macon County. The state senate race in the 48th District…

       With political campaigns heading toward the Nov. 8th General Election Day, and early voting already underway, it is time to take a closer look at some of the races impacting Decatur and Macon County. This week, the 96th Illinois House District, which includes part of Macon County, is the focus of attention, Incumbent Rep.…

       This week’s “Scrapbook” feature in the print and online editions of the Decatur Tribune  is a focus on the downtown Decatur High School and the fact that its name was changed 65 years ago. The photo of the front of the majestic high school brings back memories of a different era in this city’s…

           The “Good Old Boys” club is dead — and has been for a long time when it comes to politics and political campaigns in Decatur and Central Illinois.      Recently, I was looking over one of the layouts for a Decatur Tribune edition, and on one of the pages about candidates in various races, I…