Talk to focus on how election will impact rural America
November 5, 2020University of Illinois Extension, along with Rural Partners, will discuss how the results of the Nov. 3 election will impact rural communities in Illinois and the country…
University of Illinois Extension, along with Rural Partners, will discuss how the results of the Nov. 3 election will impact rural communities in Illinois and the country…
SPRINGFIELD – Backers of a graduated income tax constitutional amendment conceded defeat Wednesday for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s marquee policy proposal which was projected to bring…
SPRINGFIELD – For the first time since Illinois adopted judicial retention elections in 1964, an Illinois Supreme Court justice lost a retention bid to stay on the state’s highest…
Marie Newman, the suburban business owner who defeated a longtime Democrat incumbent in the March primary, will keep the Third Congressional District for the Democrats. Newman…
Illinois voters rejected a proposition that would have amended the state constitution to fundamentally change the income tax system. The graduated tax amendment, a key platform of the…
SPRINGFIELD – Although nearly 3.6 million Illinoisans had already voted by Monday morning, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections, nearly 2.3 million ballots are still…
The Tazewell County Clerk’s Office reported Monday, Nov. 2 it has seen the number of early ballots cast far exceed numbers for 2016. The previous high participation total for…
Correction note: A previous version of this story incorrectly classified money raised as money spent, prematurely making a claim that this is the most expensive Supreme Court race in…
Elections with only in-person voting on a single day are higher risk for COVID-19 spread because there will be larger crowds and longer wait times. The virus that causes COVID-19, is…
SPRINGFIELD – Heading into the final weekend before Election Day, Illinois voters continue to set records for advance voting, and election officials are urging anyone who has not…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….