With tools as simple as a low-power FM radio station and a vegetable garden, a group of entrepreneurs are hoping to create a black business district in Peoria.
Incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner conceded defeat Tuesday night as Democrat J.B. Pritzker claimed the governorship of Illinois, capturing 59 percent of the vote to Rauner’s 35 percent.
Early voting began across Illinois for the 2018 general elections and there are fewer early voters in Tazewell County compared to the last two elections.
House Speaker Mike Madigan has provided a combined $15 million in funding to dozens of state representatives currently holding office, the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) reports.
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this weak overturning a decades-old decision allowing unions to charge non-members for lobbying seems to belong a world away, ideologically, from the one in 1977 that said such fees were constitutional.
An ethics bill on the Illinois House floor that would prohibit fundraisers in Sangamon County while the General Assembly is in session has garnered a lot of support.
James Bryson of the New Millennium Institute was honored with this year’s Pride in Peoria Award, the East Peoria Chamber of Commerce said in a release.