by Kevin Bessler, The Center Square | January 19, 2021 11:00 AM Print this article
A Northern Illinois University political science professor said both Republicans and Democrats need to regroup in these tumultuous times for politics.
Democrats scored two big victories in the Georgia Senate races, giving them an equal amount of seats with Republicans. NIU s Mitch Pickerill said the GOP may still be able to get things done because of divisions in the Democratic party.
“The one thing for Republicans that makes the situation not so dire for them is that the Democrats are divided too,” he said. “It not like the Democratic coalition has coalesced around one policy.”
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CHICAGO, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation management services, announced today that Brian Parchem has been named Chief Information Officer.
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Prior to working at Echo, Mr. Parchem was a critical driver of TransUnion s technology transformation and growth strategy, holding various leadership technology positions from 2012 to 2020. He most recently served as Executive Vice President of Global Engineering and Operations and was responsible for managing IT strategy and overseeing development teams across the globe. His innovative approach toward modernizing IT and managing talent was key to the success of TransUnion s growth over the past eight years.
Sun-Times/Lynn Sweet WASHINGTON As of Sunday, there were 267 members of the Illinois Army National Guard here most of them to serve as military police part of the enormous troop build-up in advance of Joe Biden’s inauguration, with the threat level high after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
The center of this city from the Capitol, to the White House, to the National Mall is in lockdown and security is being bolstered by the minute, it seems. Streets are closed. Concrete barriers are everywhere. Fencing topped with razor wire surrounds the Capitol.
It’s near 7 a.m. I’m downtown. I left my car outside of a National Guard checkpoint a tan Humvee blocked the street to meet up with members of the Illinois National Guard housed nearby.
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Turning the conversation away from partisanship may be key to an effective speech from the new president.
That’s according to Dr. Ferald Bryan, a professor at Northern Illinois University specializing in political rhetoric. He says Joe Biden particularly looks up to Robert Kennedy, and a similar tone could begin the process towards bridging the divide among Americans. One speech isn’t going to do it, but I think he’s going to need to set the right tone and continually use his bully pulpit to remind people that indeed we’re all Americans and there are common values in our democracy we can celebrate and cherish.
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When the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced last summer it planned to bring its entire campus back in the fall by using an unproven test its own researchers developed, it was seen as a big gamble.
But after a semester during which the school saw its positivity rate plunge below 1%, with no major outbreaks, hospitalizations or deaths, the university’s testing protocol has become a model. And despite a spike in cases nationwide, the self-developed test is helping UIUC feel confident there won’t be a huge spike in cases when students start arriving for spring semester this week.