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Oct 18, 2019
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Under the Dome Podcast
On this week's episode of Under the Dome, The State Journal-Register's Doug Finke and Bernard Schoenburg discuss the continuing fallout from the federal investigation of state Sen. Martin Sandoval for possible bribery and fraud involving state construction, among other topics
Bernard Schoenburg: No endorsement yet, but Tarter gets help from party leader

Springfield cancer surgeon TOM TARTER, who is among people running for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, has loaned $50,000 to his own campaign and is also getting some help from Sangamon County GOP Chair ROSEMARIE LONG

New Architect of the Capitol hired

An architect from Bloomington has been named Architect of the Illinois State Capitol.

ALPLM gets book collection of Lincoln biographer

A collection of about 130 books once belonging to the renowned Abraham Lincoln biographer Benjamin Thomas is finding its way to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.

Illinois: More money, leadership needed to secure elections

Illinois made substantial progress in securing its election systems since Russian government officials hacked into its voter registration database in 2016,

State Sen. Dave Koehler defends contribution to campaign from company searched by FBI

PEORIA - State Sen. Dave Koehler received a $5,000 campaign donation from a company where FBI investigators served a search warrant last month.

Rep. McCombie says ‘cost of corruption is too high to ignore’

A Republican state lawmaker said Wednesday she plans to introduce legislation to establish a State Ethics Task Force to tighten ethics rules within Illinois government.

Dog found dead at Pillsbury Mill plant

A dog that was seen roaming the towers of silos at the old Pillsbury Mills plant earlier this week is believed to be the same dog that was found dead on the north end of the facility early Wednesday afternoon.

2018 tax summaries show Pritzkers with more than $6M in gross income

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