Cole Henke

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski is back on the campaign trail after her first two-year term in office. “The two year cycle does force you to kind of constant…

MATTOON, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — For people in Mattoon, the last question on their ballot might be the most impactful. “Mattoon has a lot of great things going on for Illinois,” Kirk Swi…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — In the wake of Sonya Massey’s death earlier this year, County Board Chairman Andy Van Meter and State Senator Doris Turner created the Massey Commission as…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — Whether it be voting early in person or by mail, a huge number of people are casting their votes before election day. Illinois State Board of Elections Data show…

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — An incident at a polling place in Champaign County has lead county officials to clear up confusion about what is — and isn’t — allowed at a polli…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — President-Elect Donald Trump may have lost Illinois, but the margin he lost by was the best performance for a Republican presidential candidate decades. On Monda…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — An organized push from multiple labor groups could result in big changes for the state’s pension system. In 2010, the state created the tier 2 level for pe…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — When lawmakers left Springfield last spring, they were celebrating passing another budget. But when they returned to the capitol in this week, they were thrown r…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — The day after the election, Governor JB Pritzker gave a clear message to President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration. “To anyone who inten…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — Going back years, prison guards across Illinois have reported an uptick in drugs making it to inmates. The main method they get into the prison is through the ma…