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Thursday, March 18, 202103/18/2021 Joey McLaughlin talks about kidney transplants with Dr. Marc Garfinkel is surgical director of abdominal transplantation with the Alan G. Birtch, MD, Center for Transplant Services at Memorial Medical Center and associate professor in the department of surgery with SIU School of Medicine, and Rachel Bounds is a registered nurse and certified transplant coordinator at Memorial Medical Center. Recent Headlines

POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories Happy Thursday, Illinois. Instead of looking back at Lincoln or FDR for inspiration on how to handle the moment we’re in, former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel writes that Teddy Roosevelt’s term is more fitt...

Names begin to emerge to replace Manar in Illinois Senate With Andy Manar’s resignation from the Illinois Senate taking effect Sunday, the process to find his replacement has officially begun.  But discussions over who might fill Manar’s seat have been ongoing in political circles ever since the announcement of the three-term senator’s early departure for a senior role in Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration two weeks ago. Possible candidates that have emerged include Springfield Ward 3 Ald. Doris Turner, who is also the Sangamon County Democratic Party chair; Springfield Park District ...

By Benjamin Cox on January 18, 2021 at 4:11pm Lawmakers have announced the official vacancy of the 48 th State Senate District seat. The seat was vacated earlier this month by Democrat Andy Manar who resigned to take a position as a senior advisor in Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Administration. The 48th Legislative District Committee said it will be accepting applications for those interested in being appointed to complete the current term, which has two years remaining. The 48 th District covers portions of Macon, Christian, Montgomery, Macoupin, Madison, and Sangamon counties...

Posted on January 6, 2021 by joeym Joey McLaughlin talks with Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder on the monthly ‘Ask the Mayor’ segment on the WTAX Morning Newswatch about projects for the new year, a university presence downtown, progress on Hunter Lake, the mask mandate, snow removal, CWLP, downtown parking and more.