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Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his Republican challenger Darren Bailey used an hourlong debate Thursday to find different ways to call each other "liar" with Election Day fewer than five weeks away. Read more
Millions of Illinoisans are waiting to receive their tax rebates as part of the Illinois Family Relief Plan. Individuals can check their rebate status online at tax.illinois.gov/rebates. Read more
Kankakee County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, according to David Harris, director of the Illinois Department of Revenue. The equalization factor, often called the “multiplier,” is the method used to achieve uniform property assessments among counties. Read more
Attorneys for the state of Illinois joined their colleagues in Nevada and Virginia Wednesday in asking a federal appellate court to declare that the Equal Rights Amendment has been legally ratified as the 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Read more
Crops are not the only things growing on Illinois farmland. The value of farmland also continues to escalate, a new survey shows. Read more
Treasurer Michael Frerichs has held the position for two full terms, winning by less than 10,000 votes in 2014 before cruising to an 18 percentage-point victory in 2018. His opponent is state Rep. Tom Demmer, a Republican from Dixon who has served in the General Assembly since 2013 and is currently House Deputy Minority Leader. Read more
While most legislators are in agreement there is room for reform within the state’s criminal justice system, there is disagreement regarding the alterations offered by the SAFE-T Act. Read more
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More than two dozen people have been charged in Illinois with fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief money, with authorities alleging that some were behind bars when they used their relief money to post bond and free themselves from jail. Read more
The topic of reproductive rights following the overturn of Roe v. Wade was discussed by candidates for the 79th Illinois House District — Republican incumbent Jackie Haas, of Bourbonnais, and Democratic challenger Erin Slone, of Park Forest. Read more
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, cash bail will be abolished in Illinois. The measure that will eliminate it has been on the books since early 2021, giving the justice system two years to plan for the major overhaul of the state’s pretrial detention system. Read more
Friday, September 16, 2022
Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe filed a civil lawsuit against the State of Illinois asking that HB3653, the “SAFE-T Act," be held unconstitutional. Read more
The Kankakee County Sheriff's Department has asked Illinois State Police to do an independent investigation into the death of a federal detainee housed at Jerome Combs Detention Center. Read more
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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A federal jury in Chicago convicted R. Kelly on Wednesday of producing child pornography and enticing girls for sex after a monthlong trial in his hometown, delivering another legal blow to the Grammy Award winning singer who was once one of the world's biggest R&B stars. Read more
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Locally, numerous Kankakee County public safety officials have been highly critical of the pending SAFE-T Act. Chief among those critics are Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe and Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey. Read more
The Kankakee County Coroner’s office is investigating the Friday death of a federal inmate being housed in the Jerome Combs Detention Center. Read more
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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R. Kelly parlayed his fame as an R&B superstar to sexually abuse minors and record that abuse on video, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the singer's federal trial on charges of child pornography and of rigging his 2008 state child pornography trial. Read more
Monday, September 12, 2022
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has announced a grant program involving $15 million in Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship funding to expand job training and career opportunities. Read more
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Donald Beyer, 89, of Bourbonnais, spent his career as a photographer, and during his time working with the Chicago Chamber of Commerce, Beyer had the opportunity to photograph Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Chicago in 1959 for the chamber's first-ever International Trade Fair. Read more
Friday, September 09, 2022
Illinois residents will soon be seeing tax rebates in their bank accounts thanks to the Illinois Department of Revenue and Gov. JB Pritzker. The state will begin sending those checks out on Monday. Read more
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