Maureen Ryan of the Trib is doing the Watcher on the Trib Site. It’s very good and contains lots of good TV gossip. I’m already a fan and will be permalinking soon.
Other new sites include
Decatur Democrat A good site for Macon County and downstate politics
WillyNilly focusing on Peoria
IlPundit, my favorite new one, though he hasn’t posted in a while–he used to post in comments under SpringfieldDem and I’m a fan of his.
Life Liberty and Chocolate with a reference to Catwoman as the author. I’m a sucker for Batman references.
Thanks for the props! I have some new stuff up — I took about a month off to decompress. The news was just too depressing to follow.