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Depoliticizing redistricting gains support
CHAMPAIGN – A plan to take the power to draw county board districts from politicians and to give it to an independent, bipartisan commission won the endorsement Friday of the Champaign County Farm Bureau and the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce. Other groups, including the League of Women Voters, also will be asked to support the proposal to be discussed by the county board in future months.
Courthouse tower a done deal at last
URBANA – With the acceptance of a check Thursday night for $84,446, the Champaign County Board closed out the nearly 10-year effort to rebuild the county courthouse clock and bell tower. Board member Steve Beckett, also a member of a citizens bell tower committee, presented the check from James and Leslie Liautaud of Champaign.
State GOP leaders seek in drawing districts
Republican legislative leaders want some big changes to the way Illinois draws political districts. They want an independent commission to draw new districts for state lawmakers and members of Congress instead of leaving the job to the Illinois Legislature.
Senate’s closed-door meeting riles critics, media
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers learned Wednesday their budget problems aren’t unique, but the manner in which they found that out certainly was. In an unprecedented move, Senate Republicans and Democrats met behind closed doors, a meeting that riled media and good-government watchdogs but had lawmakers saying it was an innocent attempt at improving the partisan working environment.
Democrat free-for-all for lieutenant governor nod begins in earnest
SPRINGFIELD — The race to replace Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen on the general election ballot could become even more crowded than the original field of six candidates…
Illinois primary election results; Kirk versus Giannoulias for senate seat
The stage is now set in President Obama’s adopted home state of Illinois for some actual bipartisan competition for the Senate seat he used to occupy himself. Bye-bye, Burris, as…
Small turnout expected for today’s big stake’s election
DECATUR - Voters who think their ballots don’t matter could be sorely mistaken in today’s primary election. Mix the high number of candidates with the short campaign season and experts…