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Next year's primary election would be moved from March to June as part of a sweeping elections bill that passe...

By WMAY Newsroom (Mid-West Family Broadcasting) There’s no deal on a major green energy bill. Legislation to protect nuclear energy and push the state toward more renewable energy was a top priority of Governor JB Pritzker in the spring session. But the legislation hit multiple snags, including concerns about the size of subsidies sought by Exelon to keep some of its nuke plants open. Another major sticking point was the fate of several coal-fired power plants, including City Water Li...

The Illinois House has defeated a bill that would have let Capital Township voters independently elect their t...

By WMAY Newsroom Mid-West Family/Jim Leach It looks like a COVID vaccine lottery, similar to one that recently got underway in Ohio, will be coming to Illinois. The budget implementation bill passed by lawmakers early Tuesday allows the Illinois Lottery to set up a special drawing as part of an effort to encourage people to get the vaccination. $7 million would be set aside for prizes, with another $3 million allocated for scholarships and educational awards for minors, also tied to vac...

By WMAY Newsroom (Mid-West Family Broadcasting) After more than a year of discussion, lawmakers have finally taken action on a package of ethics reforms. The bill received bipartisan support Monday, even though Republicans say it does not go far enough. Among its provisions is a prohibition on state lawmakers serving as lobbyists of other units of government. The bill also imposes a “revolving door” limit of six months maximum on lobbying activities after a lawmaker leaves office. A...

Illinois has moved closer to creating an official Juneteenth state holiday. June 19th is the date that marks t...

Tuesday marks the return of the Artist on the Plaza performance series in downtown Springfield. Live acts will...

Jun 1, 2021 | 8:49 AM From the company that brought you the “Happiest Place On Earth,” comes a movie that asks: “could we get people to sympathize with a psychopath dog killer?” No one really asked how Cruella DeVille became the evil woman she is, but Disney is willing to answer it for you anyways. (Arguably) Unnecessary prequels and origin stories tend to take someone awful like say Darth Vader, a mass murdering Sith Lord and makes them someone you kind of root for until they literally...

By WMAY Newsroom Shutterstock Illinois has a new state budget. Lawmakers passed the $42 billion spending plan after Monday’s midnight deadline for the scheduled end of the legislative session. Members had only a few hours to read the document before a final vote. Supporters of the budget say it will meet essential state needs… including additional funding for education… while paying down a big chunk of the state’s debt, and will accomplish it all without raising taxes. But the b...

Sangamon County has now exceeded 19,000 total cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. The milestone...