My mind recently is like November weather: all over the place. Here are some quick hits.

GOOD DAY FOR STARVED ROCK: Shaw Local’s Maribeth Wilson reported Friday on the start of an $18 million trail upgrade program at Starved Rock, the crown jewel of the state park system. Another $19.2 million will be spent infrastructure like replacing vault toilets, upgrading water filtration and building a sanitary wastewater system. The projects might’ve cost less if started earlier – Tonti Canyon has been closed for a decade plus – but the Department of Natural Resources budget was shuffled down the priority list during years when even social service agencies weren’t close to adequately funded.

I’ve been railing for years about bringing our DNR facilities in line with neighboring states by char

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