by Mark Roessler | Jul 5, 2012 | News
“Funerals never start on time here,” said James Mooney, general manager of the Springfield Cemetery, Crematory and Columbarium. “People always have a hard time finding the place.” Though the nearly 40-acre cemetery is only a few blocks from the...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jul 12, 2012 | News
The Supreme Court has ruled that the massive health care law known as the Affordable Care Act—in the vernacular, Obamacare—is not unconstitutional. The ruling doesn’t leave the law invulnerable, but it undercuts the Right’s most reasonable...
by Maureen Turner | Jul 12, 2012 | News
A federal judge last week upheld a pair of tough anti-foreclosure ordinances passed last year by a unanimous Springfield City Council. The ordinances, which were sponsored by then-Ward 6 City Councilor Amaad Rivera, were designed to address the problems created by the...
by Maureen Turner | Jul 12, 2012 | News
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has announced that she has qualified for federal matching funds, something no presidential candidate from her party has done before. To receive federal campaign funds, a candidate must raise at least $5,000 in each of 20...
by Mark Roessler | Jul 12, 2012 | News
There’s foxes in the hen houseCows out in the cornThe unions have been bustedTheir proud red banners tornTo listen to the radioYou’d think that all was wellBut you and me and Cisco knowIt’s going straight to hell … So come back Woody...
