Mayor Mike Turner is in Springfield this week to lobby the Legislature for infrastructure funds that he says would drive economic development in and around Woodstock.Turner and City Manager Roscoe […]
By Capitol News IllinoisSPRINGFIELD — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rallied Illinois Democrats on Wednesday, Aug. 14, issuing a call for party unity and citing the state party’s recent legislative […]
By Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – Officials from several public universities in Illinois told a panel of state lawmakers Thursday they did not believe there was widespread abuse of court-ordered […]
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