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Harold wins Republican nomination for Attorney General

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

It will not be the first time Erika Harold will hear “the winner is.”

From Prairie State Wire

Pritzker wins Democratic nod for governor

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

It’s official -- J.B. Pritzker is the Democratic candidate for governor despite coming under heavy fire from the press and public in recent months.

From Southern Illinois News

Schimpf, Righter see issues with communications during Legionnaires' outbreak at vets home

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

While veterans watched live from the Quincy Veterans Home, Sens. Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo) and Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) discussed communications during the Legionella outbreak at the site and why the outbreak even occurred during a Senate-House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing Monday.

From SW Illinois News

Bryant raises military service issue in gun legislation debate

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

Rep. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) questioned how proposed age restrictions in gun legislation simultaneously allows one to protect their country with a firearm yet not allow them to own a gun if they are under the age of 21.

SB2302 would extend tax increment financing in Marion

By Angela Underwood | Feb 22, 2018

The city of Marion could grow even bigger due to recent legislation from Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg).

From Southern Illinois News

Heated debate marks Senate panel hearing on veterans' home

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

Before Sen. Thomas Cullerton (D-Villa Park), chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, could adjourn a recent hearing involving a 2016 engineering report on the Quincy Veterans' Home, Sens. Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo) and Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) made it clear the short notice for a hearing does not give Democrats the right to judge Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration for not addressing the Legionnaires' outbreak at the facility.