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(The Center Square) – Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s defense of the governor’s COVID-19 executive orders in court is expected to be an election issue from the GOP nominee that brought many of those challenges. With very...

Your source for news and information in West Central Illinois. WLDS/WEAI Radio in Jacksonville, Illinois.

On Tuesday, polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. across the state. Those in line at 7 p.m. are still allowed to fill out their ballots.

A well known political analyst, Col. Larry Kaifesh USMC (Ret.), has released the news of some unsettling revelations related to an ongoing federal lawsuit

Gov. J.B. Pritzker warns more rights might be taken away. Darren Bailey says Illinoisans tired of failed government.

(The Center Square) – Two men who challenged Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 executive orders are leading in their bids for the GOP nomination to statewide office, the most recent Ogden & Fry poll of likely Republican voters shows. ...

Even before Illinois primary votes are in, a pitched battle is brewing over cultural issues between the GOP and Democrats.

Gubernatorial candidates have directed their campaigns toward contentious social issues, such as abortion and LGBTQ rights, forcing culture wars to take center stage in the November election.

Republican leaders think a moderate nominee for governor could beat Gov. J.B. Pritzker. But the party’s base seems to prefer a far-right state senator — and he is getting help from Mr. Pritzker.

The field includes a conservative farmer and state lawmakers, the mayor of Illinois’ second largest city, a former state senator and three political newcomers.