Members of the Gillespie City Council voted Wednesday night to resume water shut-offs for delinquent customers as of Nov. 14. The council also approved a deal...
Contributed content by the Illinois House Republicans. LITCHFIELD—With very little notice this summer, parents and guardians had to scramble to create an at-home learning environment for...
Contributed content by the Macoupin County Clerk. If you are one of the thousands in Macoupin County to be voting absentee by mail this November, you...
Despite concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Benld City Council members voted 3-1 Monday night to set trick-or-treating hours from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday and...
Contributed content by the Illinois House Republicans. LITCHFIELD—In recognition of her advocacy on behalf of Illinois’ farmers, State Representative Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville) has been named a...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night approved the appointment of Jason Simmons, Brighton, as a part-time ordinance enforcement officer for the City of...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted on Monday night to formally place the 2020-2021 district budget on file for public...
With one alderman sidelined in quarantine, the Gillespie City Council voted unanimously Monday night to hire an interim city attorney to pinch hit for City Attorney...
Contributed content by the Illinois Senate Democrats. SPRINGFIELD – Local governments will reap the benefits of a $250 million grant program that allows them to invest...
Contributed content from the Illinois House Republicans. LITCHFIELD—Since it was revealed two weeks ago that ComEd agreed to pay a $200 million fine for a pay-to-play...
Contributed content by the Illinois House Republicans. LITCHFIELD— After a five-month suspension of State Representative Avery Bourne’s (R-Morrisonville) Traveling Office Hours due to COVID-19, the Representative is resuming...
Contributed content by the Illinois Senate Democrats. BUNKER HILL – Communities in Macoupin and Montgomery Counties will see more than $172 million in funding for road...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to adopt a $1.8 million appropriations ordinance during the council’s regular monthly meeting, and seated...
Contributed content from the Illinois Senate Democrats. SPRINGFIELD – Nearly 55 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his renowned speech at the Illinois State AFL-CIO’s...
Contributed article by the Illinois Senate Democrats. SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Medicaid recipients are now eligible for life-saving clinical trials to treat cancer and other serious diseases....
On a motion by Ald. Tilashalski, seconded by Ald. Fletcher, the Benld City Council voted Monday night to formally “deactivate” the Benld Police Department—a final step...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night approved a resolution authorizing the city’s engineering firm, HMG Engineers, to apply to the Illinois Department of...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night approved the annual appropriations ordinance, got a first look at boundaries proposed for a tentative new Tax...
Contributed content by the Illinois Senate Democrats. SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois General Assembly today approved legislation to help rank-and-file teachers and school districts address the unique...
The Benld City Council is poised to increase sewer rates but the amount of the increase and how it will impact consumers’ total water/sewer bills have...
