The Iowa Supreme Court, in mid-April, sided with the City of Davenport in its quest to keep secret the recordings of closed city council sessions, which State Auditor Rob Sand sought access to as part of his inquiry into the city’s payment of $1.9 million to three former employees in 2023. 

Voters and taxpayers, most of whom are economic participants in some measure, whether owners of our own labor, capital, and/or resources, continue to accept, via silent consent, governance that is neither the republican form of government guaranteed by the U.S. and State Constitutions, nor is it democratic representation.

Faterium Bike Race Remembers Its Founder Dustin Collison: This Memorial Day Weekend, the 2026 Quad Cities Criterium Will Feature the Fat Bike Race Collison Innovated in the Rain in 2014Mor

The Quad Cities Bicycle Club (QCBC) is excited to announce the return of the Quad Cities Faterium as part of the 2026 Quad Cities Criterium, taking place Monday, May 25, 2026 (Memorial Day) in the Village of East Davenport. This year’s Faterium will celebrate Dustin Collison’s memory. Dustin's spontaneous and inspired rain-soaked ride in 2014 sparked one of this race weekend's most beloved modern traditions.

In a mid-March poll, 68 percent of likely Illinois voters said they would support legislation to “regulate data centers to minimize their impact on our utility bills, climate, and water while still allowing them to be built.” But while 21 percent percemt opposed the legislation, more than half of those opponents (56 percent) said they did so because they “oppose allowing data centers to be built at all.” That means 80 percent either want guardrails or oppose any new construction.