By WMBD-TV TAZEWELL COUNTY – Results are in for the primary elections in Tazewell County. Tazewell County picks Bill Atkins, Tammy Stimson, Eric Schmidgall as Republican Candidates for District 3 Board Member race Tazewell County has voted for Bill Atkins, Tammy Stimson, and Eric Schmidgall to be the Republican Candidates for the District 3 Board…… MORE
By WMBD-TV BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois primary election wrapped up Tuesday night – and no surprise it was President Joe Biden and Donald Trump winning in their respective parties. Mike O’Neal wins the GOP primary for McLean County Board District 2 Mike O’Neal has won the Republican primary to replace a retiring member of the…… MORE
Election commissions all over Central Illinois are looking to fill judge openings before the March 19 primary.… MORE
A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered former President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the March 19 Republican primary ballot but stayed her order until Friday to give time for an appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court. … MORE
“Today we saw Gov. Pritzker introduce the largest budget in the history of the state of Illinois,” said State Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb), Illinois House Republicans’ chief “budgeteer” in reaction to Wednesday’s State of the State and budget speech by Gov. JB Pritzker.… MORE
Illinois Republicans, for now, will have the opportunity to vote for former president Donald Trump in the March 19 primary.… MORE
Illinois lawmakers are floating another attempt to curb the costs of prescription drugs, announcing a bill to set up a “prescription drug affordability board,” which would evaluate drug costs and set what advocates say are reasonable rates.… MORE
Lawmakers from opposing parties have opposing views of how to ease the migrant crisis. … MORE
With the state’s primary election a little more than two months away, and this being a presidential election year, Wednesday was as good a time as any, it would seem, for an Illinois House committee to listen to testimony about voter access.… MORE
A prominent leader in Springfield and Illinois could be in hot water.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…