GOP agitates for chance to negotiate COVID-19 re-opening May 15, 2020 9:33 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Republicans are agitating for a say in how Illinois will reopen for business during…
Legislature’s work continues past May 31 deadline June 1, 2019 11:15 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Legislature blew a Friday deadline for ending its spring session and the…
Monmouth College students uninjured when bus goes off the road March 4, 2019 12:53 am|A group of Monmouth College students on their way to a Spring Break service project are unhurt after…
Snoop Dogg raps his way to Illinois State Fair this summer February 21, 2019 7:59 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Rap legend Snoop Dogg is coming to the Illinois State Fair .
Illinois Senate OKs $15 minimum wage, moves to House February 7, 2019 9:14 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate has approved increasing the state’s minimum wage to $15 over six…
All Illinois Catholic dioceses targeted in sex abuse lawsuit October 19, 2018 11:07 am|CHICAGO (AP) – Four people who say they were sexually abused decades ago by five priests in parishes…
Lincoln Museum to host premier of Ken Burns’ Vietnam film August 29, 2017 12:09 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — “The Vietnam War” is coming to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Museum in Springfield.
Korean War museum in central Indiana closes its doors August 2, 2017 1:14 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois museum that honors those who served in the Korean War has closed.
State Senator Chuck Weaver on the state budget impasse June 2, 2017 10:20 pm|State Senator Chuck Weaver talks with Will Stevenson on Galesburg’s Evening News on the state budget impasse, who’s…
Marchers walk 200 miles protesting for budget May 30, 2017 9:00 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Protesters have completed a 200-mile Chicago-to-Springfield march in support of a state budget that supports…
Springfield police blame 2 rival groups for shootings May 29, 2017 9:20 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Springfield police say two rival groups are to blame for much of the increase in…
Superintendents tell you to let lawmakers have it May 25, 2017 11:39 am|It wasn’t just local school district superintendents who got the chance to give local lawmakers an earful at…
ROE 33 schools traveling to Springfield to lobby for budget, funding reform May 24, 2017 11:50 am|Today a delegation of students, teachers, board members and teachers of Regional of Office Education 33 schools are…
Springfield developer, lobbyist pitch downtown casino May 23, 2017 8:18 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Some officials in Springfield are pushing for a casino in Illinois’ capital city, but the…
Developer has vision for casino, Springfield development May 23, 2017 7:51 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A real estate developer in Springfield has floated grand plans for downtown Springfield.
200-mile Chicago-to-Springfield budget march steps off May 16, 2017 1:31 am|CHICAGO (AP) — Protesters urging Illinois lawmakers to agree on an annual state budget stepped off on a 200-mile…
A “home repair tax” part of balancing the state budget? May 3, 2017 10:29 pm|A proposed 6.25% sales tax on “home repairs” is one of the means by which lawmakers in Springfield…
General Assembly heads into session’s final 6 weeks April 25, 2017 8:53 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois General Assembly is back in Springfield and is heading into the final six…
5-month paving project to begin on I-55 in Springfield April 23, 2017 9:14 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Getting in and out of Springfield from the east may take a little longer for…
Former Congressman Schock asks court to toss corruption case April 20, 2017 8:31 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has asked a judge to toss the corruption case against him,…