Today’s young women and girls are ready for a female president
Barbara Simon | Specially for the Rockford Register Star The tower of the Rockford Women’s Suffrage Plaza features two famous activists: Rockford women’s rights activist Kate F. O’Connor and Rockford civil rights activist Constance Goode. Each of these women fought…
Cherry Valley data center could bring high-tech jobs to the Rockford region
Biden praises Microsoft project and trolls Trump in Wisconsin President Joe Biden visited southeastern Wisconsin on May 8, 2024, to announce Microsoft’s plans to build a $3.3 billion data center in the swing state. A planned Microsoft data center in…
Rockford withholds proposed entertainment tax from council vote
An entertainment tax on concert tickets to the Hard Rock Casino Rockford, supported by the Code & Regulation Committee, never made it onto the City Council agenda. City Manager Todd Cagnoni said the issue has not been on the agenda…
Winnebago County nonprofits await fate of ’empowering’ mental health sales tax
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – In Winnebago County, voters may find a familiar question on their November ballot: a half-cent sales tax for “mental health purposes.” The referendum was first held in 2020, when more than 62% of respondents approved funding…
