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Sacred Heart-Griffin, Effingham St. Anthony girls finish top five at state golf
DECATUR (WCIA) — The IHSA golf season wrapped up on Saturday, October 19 with the conclusion of five state tournaments. At the Boys 1A State Tournament, Effingham St. Anthony won a third-straight state team title, shooting a combined 612 score across the two days of play. The Girls Class 1A State Tournament played out at […]
Illinois passed an ambitious climate act 3 years ago. But it’s struggling to meet clean energy goals.
Driving down a quiet country road in northwestern Illinois, cars pass a cemetery, a cornfield and a pumpkin patch, before they reach the top of a hill, and the view suddenly opens up to reveal one of the state’s newest wind farms. High-tech wind turbines, as tall as skyscrapers, rise above tawny fields of corn and soy, their long blades twirling languidly under a crystalline sky. The 25 ...
Opening statements in landmark Madigan corruption trial finally set to begin
Opening statements in the landmark corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidant were expected to kick off Monday after completion of an often-tedious jury selection process that has stretched on for nearly two weeks. Madigan, 82, the “Velvet Hammer” who served for decades as speaker of the Illinois House and the head of the state Democratic ...
Sugar Rush! Illinois is One of the ‘Sweetest’ States in the Country
Would you like a side of candy with your ice cream? Chances are if you're an Illinois resident, you have no problem saying yes. I think I've always loved dessert, I can check with my parents, but to my knowledge, I've always associated taking a break with Kit-Kats and not actually sitting down and zoning out.
Small business employ 44% of workers in Illinois, two laws set to expire will hurt if not renewed
by Terri DeeIllinois News Connection A large tax hike could appear soon, that would affect Illinois' small businesses still rebounding from the pandemic. One group hopes Congress will act before two bills expire, and the tax increase takes effect. A small business advocacy group, The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) says one of them - the 20% Small Business Deduction Act - was created to align small business tax rates with those of larger corporate competitors. The group's Vice President for Federal Government Relations Jeff Brabant said... "It's difficult for small businesses to be able to compete with a lot...
Iowa line of succession Amendment not controversial, but could be lacking
Some ideas circulated this week about how to address Illinois’ unfunded pension problem. And voters in Iowa will decide a constitutional amendment focused on the line of succession in that state’s executive branch. Host Jim Niedelman gets to that with Illinois Republican Central Committee Member Jan Weber and former Rock Island Mayor Mark Schwiebert, a […]
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