BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) - The Constitution Trail runs around the entirety of McLean County, and the friends of said trail are planting trees to make the trail more beautiful. "The Friends of Constitution Trail was established in 1989 as an advocacy group to promote expansion and beautification of the Constitution...

By BRENDEN MOORE & BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged Monday that the Chicago Bears may be on their way to Indiana. But he and Democratic leaders defended their decision not to move a bill incentivizing them to stay. The leaders say th...

By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Democrats largely joined together to support the fiscal year 2027 budget as Republicans warned the plan will harm the state's financial picture. The budget totals about $56.9 billion and is just slightly less than what Gov. JB Pritzker...

By JENNA SCHWEIKERT Capitol News Illinois jschweikert@capitolnewsillinois.com Over the past five months, a sea of rideshare drivers in yellow T-shirts flooded the Illinois state Capitol almost weekly, lobbying for the right to form a union. They may be able to do so soon, after Illinois lawmakers passed a bill givin...

By WMBD TV MACKINAW, Ill. (WMBD) - The Tazewell County Coroner has released the name of the man killed in a Saturday wreck on Illinois Route 9. Coroner Charles Hanley said Jefferey Foster, 62, of Armington, died from multiple blunt force injuries after the motorcycle he was driving was in a wreck with a truck. Hanley s...

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Illinois lawmakers approved a budget after 4 a.m. Monday that includes the full $350 million increase in Evidence-Based Funding for public schools. The budget calls for just over $10.8 billion in state funding for the Illinois Stat...

By BRENDEN MOORE & BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Despite a Hail Mary heave from the Illinois Senate in the final hours of the spring legislative session, state lawmakers ultimately failed to reach the end zone on a bill incentivizing the Chicago Bears to build a n...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - Pride Month kicks off in June, and organizations in Peoria and Bloomington-Normal are planning several events throughout the summer. Peoria Proud Vice President Todd Northcutt said the group has events planned throughout the month of June, beginning with its family picnic on Saturday, June 7. &quo...