State Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) and state Rep. Randy Frese (R-Quincy) recently met with nursing students from Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences in Quincy for the annual Lunch With Our Legislators.
Republican state senators and representatives are endorsing legislation that would remove redistricting from politicians' hands, creating instead an independent commission to draw future maps that determine how Illinoisans are represented in the Illinois General Assembly.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's recent introduction of a bridge phase between the current phases 4 and 5 has met pushback from those who feel he is failing to live up to reopening promises.
COVID-19 restrictions have created an added challenge in fulfilling field work requirements for Western Illinois University's faculty and students in the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration, but Julie Eggleston has found ways to help her students work around restrictions.
The Edgar County Watchdogs allege that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s claim to be following the science and data in enacting COVID-19 restrictions is missing on key component: the science and the data.
Republican lawmakers pushed back after Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton implied that Illinoisans could be punished for failing to support the proposed graduated income tax with an across-the-board hike of the state income tax by 20%.
Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael Madigan has continued to ignore calls from inside and outside his party that he resign after being implicated in a federal bribery investigation involving Commonwealth Edison.
Newly unemployed workers in Illinois faced an additional challenge when trying to file for unemployment benefits as they faced jammed phone lines and a malfunctioning state unemployment website.