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Illinois election laws third-party voter

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COMMENTARY: It’s time for Illinois’ election laws to be reformed for the better

I have been quite vocal about reform election law reform for quite some time on social media. Actually, it's been more prevalent since the beginning of the 2018 election cycle: Attempts to reform the state's election code of laws have been made since 2013 by state Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) in the form of Senate Bill 1624, which called for the elimination of the "ballot access multiplier", which requires independent and new party candidates to collect, depending on political […]

todayMarch 14, 2019 107

1905 Brewing Company Assumption

Business & Lifestyle

Fire destroys Assumption brewery early Thursday

ASSUMPTION (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A local brewery in northeastern Christian County was destroyed in a fire during the early morning hours on Thursday, Feb. 28 and according to the owners of the business, its future is currently unknown. The 1905 Brewing Company, located on the 300 block of S. Chestnut St. in Assumption, was reported as ablaze around 4:30 a.m. Assumption Fire Department chief Herb Palmer reported that their department, with mutual aid from Pana and Moweaqua, were on site fighting […]

todayMarch 2, 2019 49

Snoop Dogg

Capital Area Region

Snoop Dogg to headline Illinois State Fair

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Snoop Dogg will perform August 16 on the grandstand stage during the 2019 Illinois State Fair. Snoop Dogg, an award-winning musician and entertainer, joins headliners Pentatonix, an acapella group, and Dan + Shay, a country duo. The 2019 Illinois State Fair runs from August 8-18 in Springfield. Tickets for Snoop Dogg's performance range from $25 to $55. Tickets for grandstand concerts go on sale this spring. Snoop Dogg has put out 17 studio albums and […]

todayFebruary 24, 2019 59

Chicagoland Region

Skillicorn open to run for higher office in 2020

EAST DUNDEE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- There has been much speculation as to who may be running in the 14th Congressional District of the Illinois delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2020 cycle. Among the speculation is state Rep. Allen Skillicorn. The East Dundee-based Republican said in a statement Tuesday that if it takes him running for another positions for Illinois families to have a voice, so be it. Randy Hultgren was the previous Republican to hold the […]

todayFebruary 19, 2019 85

Capital Area Region

Halbrook calls out Pritzker pay hikes for government employees

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker's varied actions from the $15 minimum wage to hiking salaries for senior members of his staff with a 15 percent raise to doubling the salaries of his top 20 staffers among his first acts as the state's top official amounts nothing more than a slap in the face of the state's taxpayers. It has provoked much ire among taxpayers, Libertarians and Republicans, and among them is State Rep. Brad Halbrook. “It just […]

todayFebruary 18, 2019 43

Chris Miller

Capital Area Region

Miller: $15 minimum wage would be a mistake

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Freshman state Rep. Chris Miller is curious as to how many of his colleagues in the Illinois House of Representatives have a basic grasp on business, moreorless the basic tenets of economics. “I sometimes wonder if they know the whole concept of being in business is to make a profit for yourself,” Miller said. “On top of that, independent business owners take on the burden of going into business for themselves because they don’t want someone […]

todayFebruary 9, 2019 119

Illinois tax returns

Financial News

Illinois to start accepting tax returns Monday

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- The state of Illinois says it'll start processing tax returns on Monday, but it will be a while before you get your refund. If you file your Illinois taxes online, have your money deposited directly into your bank account and have an error-free tax return, you could see your refund in about a month. The Illinois Department of Revenue said it will start accepting tax returns Monday. The same day that the Internal Revenue Service will […]

todayJanuary 27, 2019 40

Democrats Illinois

Governmental Watchdogs

Democrats call for ban on assault weapons in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Illinois Democrats have introduced an ambitious gun control bill that would ban the sale or unregistered possession of dozens of firearms labeled as assault weapons. Sen. Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield) introduced Senate Bill 107 Wednesday, which would prohibit a range of rifles, pistols and shotguns and require every such weapon in the state to be registered with the Illinois State Police. Owners would pay a $25 fee for that registration. A person found in possession of one of the […]

todayJanuary 24, 2019 23

Darren Bailey

Capital Area Region

Bailey fears state government won’t keep spending in check

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Newly sworn-in state Rep. Darren Bailey is fearing his suspicions about what would take place in Springfield are becoming reality. “This seems to send an early example of how Gov. Pritzker plans to spend us into oblivion,” Bailey, the Republican newcomer from Xenia, stated in regards to the passage of Senate Bill 3531 during the lame duck legislative session, which increases the annual salaries of state departmental workers, associate directors and secretaries by 15 percent. “Then […]

todayJanuary 21, 2019 63

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