Urbana 2025 primary election results
Urbana voters put DeShawn Williams on the path to becoming the city’s next mayor. Residents also reelected all incumbents currently serving on the City Council.
House GOP pushes ‘big’ budget resolution to passage, a crucial step toward delivering Trump’s agenda
House Republicans have muscled their budget blueprint to passage, with a push from President Donald Trump. The vote late Tuesday evening is a crucial step toward delivering what he’s called his “big, beautiful bill,” with $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts.
Former Gov. Jim Edgar battling pancreatic cancer: ‘We do not underestimate this challenge’
Gov. Jim Edgar, who also served as Illinois secretary of state and leads the Edgar Fellows program at the University of Illinois, wrote in an email to the program’s fellows that he and his wife, Brenda, are “facing a new, significant challenge.”
Trump loyalist Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI director by the Senate despite deep Democratic doubts
A Trump loyalist who has fiercely criticized the agency he will now lead, Patel will inherit an FBI gripped by turmoil as the Justice Department over the past month has forced out a group of senior bureau officials and made a highly unusual demand for the names of thousands of agents who participated in investigations related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Rantoul board moves forward with downtown street construction, new public plaza
Several streets will be removed and repaved with new infrastructure, and a new plaza will also be installed on a vacant lot downtown.
Illinois DMV makes Real ID push as May 7 deadline nears
The Secretary of State’s Office has added thousands of appointments to get the IDs, with only 30% of Illinoisans having obtained them.
Black, Latino lawmakers criticize Pritzker’s proposed budget
Republicans take issue with governor’s rhetoric, spending growth.
Recapping Pritzker’s seventh budget address
The 21st Show provided live coverage of the address along with analysis from two policy experts as well as a special rebroadcast of the speech.
Pritzker proposes $2B in spending growth without new income or service taxes
Budgeting office says global outlook has changed since previous $3.2B deficit estimate.
WATCH: Pritzker gives 2025 budget address
Governor JB Pritzker delivers his 2025 State of the State address and shares his vision for Illinois’s fiscal future.
Pritzker to call for expansion of 4-year degree offerings at some community colleges
Gov. JB Pritzker plans to offer a proposal in his budget address Wednesday that would allow some community colleges to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees.
Eliminating immigrant spending, boosting education funding top Senate Republican budget priorities
Senate Republicans say they want budget negotiations to include cuts to noncitizen spending while bringing in “transparent accounting.”
Activists pressure Budzinski to be a ‘full-throated supporter’, push back against Trump’s cuts to federal agencies
Those rallying said that the congresswoman should expand her efforts to combat cuts made by DOGE, or the Department of Governmental Efficiency.
Durbin endorses DeShawn Williams for Urbana mayor
Durbin is backing Champaign County’s Chief Deputy Treasurer DeShawn Williams. The senator called him “a leader” with a record of supporting local businesses.
Midwest biofuel industry hopes to gain more miles under Trump’s new term, but uncertainty remains
Biofuel advocates calling on the new administration to increase ethanol and biodiesel volumes in the country’s fuel supply, expand E15 gasoline and clarify tax credits.