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Rainfall Reports 5/26/24
Here are some of the rainfall reports after a soggy Sunday morning. NOTE: Some of these CoCoRaHS reports came from areas outside of towns. The nearest town was used to identify the location. Learn more how you can become a CoCoRaHS observer and what the program does here. HAVE A REPORT TO SHARE? CLICK HERE. ILLINOIS: Cass […]
Illinois’ new $53.1B budget passes Senate: eliminates grocery tax, adds child tax credit, migrant funding
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Democrat-run Illinois Senate approved Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposed 2025 Fiscal Year budget with a vote of 38-21 on Sunday. The new budget will cost Illinois residents $870 million in tax increases, much of which would come from sports betting, increasing the tax from 15% to 35%. Critics said the tax […]
Pritzker rebukes counties’ calls for secession: ‘We are one Illinois’
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said he wanted “to remind everyone…that we are one Illinois” while celebrating the opening of a new government facility in a county that will ask voters this November if it should secede and form part of a new state. Madison County voters will be asked if […]
Bill prohibiting landlord retaliation heads to Pritzker’s desk
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A bill is heading to Governor Pritzker’s desk that would protect people from retaliation by their landlords. But not everyone is on board with it. The Landlord Retaliation Act would prohibit landlords from knowingly terminating or refusing to renew a lease, increasing rent, decreasing service or threatening a lawsuit after tenants […]
Something fishy: Indiana man caught allegedly cheating in Illinois bass fishing tournament
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — An Indiana man allegedly cheated in an Illinois bass fishing tournament earlier this month by bringing fish across state lines and trying to pass them off as tournament catches. According to a news release Thursday from the state, Illinois Conservation Police received information on May...
Central IL honors fallen servicemembers on Memorial Day
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Monday was a solemn day in Central Illinois national cemeteries as people there and across the nation honored those who made the ultimate sacrifice fighting for their freedom. In Springfield, dozens gathered at Camp Butler National Cemetery for a Memorial Day service. Springfield Mayor Misty Buscher laid a wreath and people […]
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