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RALLS COUNTY, Mo. — Katie Carlin, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Marion County, Missouri, has announced her candidacy for Ralls County Prosecuting Attorney. With a love for the Ralls County community and a passion for fighting for justice, Carlin has taken the oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Missouri.…
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SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday delivered more harsh criticism against President Donald Trump’s administration over attempts to drastically downsize, and possibly eliminate, the U.S. Department of Education. His remarks came just two days after the agency abruptly laid off 1,300 employees, or about half its workforce, including an estimated 50 workers in its…
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QUINCY — Mike Troup has spent much of 2025 touting what he can do for Quincy’s future as he campaigns for re-election as mayor. He took an hour on Friday afternoon to look back at the past year during his State of the City address, annually given to members of the Quincy Service Club during…
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SPRINGFIELD – A House committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would give high school student athletes the right to participate in both school-sponsored teams and nonschool teams in the same sport at the same time, despite concerns that such a policy could create friction between coaches and jeopardize students’ safety. House Bill 3037 would create…
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QUINCY — Republican incumbent Mike Troup and independent challenger Linda Moore fielded multiple questions from panelists Mary Griffith from WTAD and Daniel Winn from WGEM, as well as from moderator Iris Nelson and the audience, during Tuesday night’s mayoral debate at First Christian Church. The League of Women Voters of Adams County served as the…
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QUINCY — The Adams County Board voted to select Russ Hinkamper to fill the District 7 vacancy created by the retirement of Theresa Bockhold Monday night. The move comes about a month after Adams County Board Chairman Bret Austin nominated businessman Adam Booth to the position, only to see the board vote not to support…
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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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July 01, 2025
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