The Carmi Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the opening of new area business Gracie Mae’s Flowers & Gifts, a full-service florist with other products for sale.
Freshman lawmaker Rep. Dave Severin (R-Benton) recently announced that after nine months in office he is ready to take on another two years and will seek re-election in the 2018 race, according to a press release.
Legence Bank recently opened eight new branches throughout Southern Illinois with combined deposits of $146 million, bringing the bank’s assets to $450 million, according to a press release.
Franklin County political hopefuls may pick up 2018 general primary petition packets at the Franklin County Election Office in the Campbell Building in Benton, according to a press release.
June 10 became "Farm City Days" this year throughout Illinois thanks to Rep. Dave Severin (R-Benton), who got the Illinois House to pass a resolution celebrating Benton's first Farm City Days in 21 years, according to a press release.
Waterfowl hunting season is within sight in Illinois, with an opening day of Sept. 1 for a 15-day statewide Canada goose season, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), which recently posted the latest information on duck, Canada geese, snow geese, white-fronted geese and teal seasons.
Sen. Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) wants to see schools in his district treated the same as every other school in the state, he said in a recent press release.
A politically created crisis over state K-12 funding continues despite Gov. Bruce Rauner doing what had to be done to end it, Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) said on his website recently.
It's going to take a higher power to fix the disaster that is Illinois, Rep. Dave Severin (R-Benton) said recently on Tri-State Christian Television’s "TCT Today" program.
Rep. John Cavaletto (R-Salem) wants to know what motivation other than political gamesmanship is keeping Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) from sending the state's public school funding measure to Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Using its Smart Work Zones system, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is offering Southern Illinois commuters up-to-the-minute traffic updates for areas affected by the Interstate 57 work near Marion, according to a press release.
Rep. Dave Severin (R- Benton) recently took to Facebook about a series of satellite office hours his staff has been holding at public libraries in his district, including the most recent one held at the Benton Public Library.
Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) recently updated constituents on the effects of the recently passed budget and the General Assembly’s upcoming work on school funding with a post on his website.
Illinois’ economy will take decades to recover from the state’s current pension and workers’ compensation obligations, to say nothing of the debts continually being added because of a significant lack of reform, according to a blistering analysis from Chicago attorney Eugene Keefe.
While every state around it continues to grow in population and prosperity, Illinois keeps shrinking under the strain of higher taxes and more regulations, Michael Lucci, vice president of policy for the Illinois Policy Institute, said in an article on the institute's website.
Illinois’ average personal income growth since the Great Recession is tied with Nevada for the worst in the country, according to data from Pew Charitable Trusts recently published on the Illinois Policy Institute website.
Sen. Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) described Gov. Bruce Rauner’s decision to call lawmakers back to Springfield for 10 straight days of banging out a budget deal "the right thing to do," according to a press release.
U.S. Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) cheered the recent passage of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017, which is now headed to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it into law.
Lawmakers have spent very little time in their seats, but at least they got to have play time, Austin Berg wrote on the Illinois Policy Institute website recently.