Davidsmeyer said over-aggressive clean energy policies in Illinois intended to shut down coal-fired and other forms of power generation are largely to blame for the increases passed on to residents and businesses.

According to quarterly fundraising and spending reports that campaigns filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections on Wednesday, Dabrowski raised $1.5 million since forming his campaign on Aug. 20.

Tracy told WMAY's PM Springfield's Patrick Pfingsten that federal health care is going to many people who don't qualify.

During a launch announcement Tuesday morning at the Old State Capitol, Tiara Standage said the Purple Coalition wants to change the way the community is heard by local authorities by continuing the work of existing groups such as the Massey Commission.

State lawmakers return to Springfield today as the General Assembly convenes for the annual fall veto session for three days this week followed by another three days on October 28 through 30.

City Water, Light and Power said the federal grant will be applied toward the 1.6-million-dollar project. Work will include upgrading real-time monitoring with the ability to automatically locate faults, and replacement of circuit breakers and switches.

Last week, news broke that a city employee received a suspension for up to thirty days after they reportedly used a severe racial epithet against a co-worker.

Springfield Mayor Misty Buscher says city officials and stakeholders are working to make downtown viable as the business landscape changes.

The agenda which features 29 points mentions raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, requiring insurance companies to cover more birthing options as well as expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for low- and moderate- income workers.

Thirty percent of the city's contract labor is now performed by minority workers, but Ward 2 Alderman Shawn Gregory noted that only a quarter of that workforce is local.