Early voting expands as campaign season enters final two weeks

Early voting expands as campaign season enters final two weeks

SPRINGFIELD – Early voting hours and locations greatly expanded across the state this week as the campaign season entered its final two-week stretch. Polling places opened across the city of Chicago as well. Information on early voting for each local election authority can be found on the Illinois State Board of Elections website here, or by visiting…

Democratic candidate Paul Lange supports strong welfare state, gradual approach to climate change in IPM interview
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Democratic candidate Paul Lange supports strong welfare state, gradual approach to climate change in IPM interview

SPRINGFIELD — In Illinois’ newly redrawn 15th congressional district, Congresswoman Mary Miller is up for re-election. Miller topped fellow incumbent Rodney Davis in the Republican primary in June. Miller will face Democratic challenger Paul Lange, a former precinct committeeman and commodities broker from Quincy, Illinois, in the November midterm election. Lange spoke to Illinois Newsroom’s…

What are Champaign Unit 4 schools doing for Black families?
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What are Champaign Unit 4 schools doing for Black families?

CHAMPAIGN — As the Champaign Unit 4 School District debates further desegregating its schools, many parents have asked — what else is the district is doing to advance racial equity? Unit 4 Superintendent Shelia Boozer answered that question at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. “Unit 4 does an amazing job. No matter which building you’re…

Teacher who loved ‘making a difference’ identified as victim of St. Louis school shooting
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Teacher who loved ‘making a difference’ identified as victim of St. Louis school shooting

ST. LOUIS — One of two people shot and killed Monday at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis is being remembered as a passionate teacher who loved helping kids take care of themselves and their health. Jean Kuczka, 61, taught health and physical education at the magnet school. She had been…

217 Today: Democrat Paul Lange talks gun control and abortion rights in campaign against incumbent Republican Mary Miller

217 Today: Democrat Paul Lange talks gun control and abortion rights in campaign against incumbent Republican Mary Miller

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Today’s headlines: St. Louis Police have identified a suspect in Monday’s shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School that left two people dead and seven others injured. As Election Day draws near, spending on political ads on TV, the web and other media has hit an all-time high nationwide,…

Teacher, student killed in shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts, gunman dead
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Teacher, student killed in shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts, gunman dead

Updated at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 with information from the latest police briefing, including a change in the number of those injured Loading… ST. LOUIS — Two people are dead and seven others injured following a shooting at a south St. Louis high school Monday morning. Interim St. Louis Police Chief Michael Sack said the…