Politics
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has sent a letter to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk, calling for an immediate investigation into the nearly $5 billion in federal loan guarantee to be awarded to the Grain Belt Express (GBE) project. The Grain Belt Express project proposes constructing transmission…
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QUINCY — U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-15, Illinois) told a group of Adams County Farm Bureau members Friday she has been in meetings with President Donald Trump and his advisor Elon Musk to stress the importance of family farms. “The government is so bloated and inefficient, and President Trump wants to make it work better…
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A new Illinois bill aims to add some oversight of families who homeschool their children, a response to concerns that the state does little to ensure these students receive an education and are protected from harm. The measure, known as the Homeschool Act, comes after an investigation by Capitol News Illinois and ProPublica last year…
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QUINCY — The League of Women Voters of Adams County will hold a mayoral candidate forum beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at the First Christian Church, 1415 Maine. Both Linda Moore and current mayor Mike Troup will participate. The public is invited to attend. The event will follow LWVAC forum standards with questions…
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“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” —Thomas Paine The Founders repeatedly warned against partisans, demagogues, the overambitious, and tyrants. They understood the danger of someone with meager respect for the American experiment placing their ambitions above the country’s or attempting to set aside the rule…
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We’re only one month into President Donald Trump’s second term, and the literal swamp is draining at the speed of a Category 5 hurricane. This endeavor wasn’t a haphazard effort—it was a meticulously planned, strategically executed offensive against the bloated bureaucracy that has been bleeding taxpayers dry. The revelations so far are nothing short of…
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The latest report from the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability shows that spending on four “core” state services in the governor’s proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget will be 9.1 percent less in real dollars than it was way back in Fiscal Year 2000. Those four core services are education, healthcare, human services and public…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State Rep. Kyle Moore and his House Republican colleagues recently unveiled a package of bills they will champion this spring to provide financial relief for Illinois’ working families. “This package is called Relief for Working Families because that’s what it will provide, from furthering your education to starting a new business or…
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John Wood Community College political science and history professor Steve Belko talks about New Illinois and its likelihood of happening and then how the state and federal governments are working together … or not … in the current political climate.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) is claiming a report from the Auditor General has revealed significant mismanagement in Gov. JB Pritzker’s taxpayer-funded healthcare program for illegal immigrants, including thousands of potentially ineligible enrollees and costs exceeding the governor’s projections. Tracy claims auditors found more than 6,000 enrollees listed as “undocumented” who actually had…
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QUINCY — Linda Moore, an independent candidate for mayor of Quincy, shared her “Fix and Grow” plan during a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the Western Catholic Union Hall, 516 Maine. The highlights of her plan include fixing potholes within 100 days, fixing communication problems within the city and creating incentive programs for neighborhoods. However,…
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QUINCY — Mike Troup’s victory over Dan Brink on Tuesday in the Republican mayoral primary keeps alive the chance of him becoming the 12th consecutive mayor in Quincy since 1933 to win re-election after his first term in office. Troup is campaigning for his second term in office and will run against independent Linda Moore…
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Polls are open until 7 p.m. Click here to find your Adams County polling place and what is on your ballot. Muddy River News will have results as soon as the polls close and stories on local races later this evening.
Read Full Article Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch didn’t sound all that enthused about passing any new ethics reforms during an interview last week. In the wake of former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction on 10 felony counts earlier this month, I asked Speaker Welch if he believed Madigan’s conviction called out for new reform laws. “I didn’t…
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State Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) said Gov. JB Pritzker needs to refocus his spending priorities from the national spotlight back to Illinois and pass a spending plan that will not be balanced on the back of hard-working families. In his annual Budget Address to a joint session of legislators Wednesday in the House of Representatives…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Governor Mike Kehoe signed Executive Order 25-18 on Tuesday, directing all Missouri state agencies to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives and ensure compliance with the constitutional principle of equal protection under the law. The order bars the use of state funds for DEI and prevents agencies from considering DEI in their…
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