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Riven by intra-party turmoil and targeted by critics for spending tax dollars to talk the public into supporting a sales tax increase, Champaign County Board members are a week away

The Illinois State Lottery is the state's largest contributor when it comes to gambling tax revenue, with video machines coming in a close second.

The state elections board dismissed a complaint filed by a Mahomet resident who objected to Champaign County officials spending public money to publicize Tuesday's referendum seeking a quarter-cent sales-tax hike.

The state elections board dismissed a complaint filed by a Mahomet resident who objected to Champaign County officials spending public money to publicize Tuesday’s referendum seeking a quarter-cent sales-tax hike.

Here's a question for Joe and Jane Sixpack — a happily married couple — to contemplate.

The end couldn't come soon enough. The rage, pain, distress, disgust and disappointment have been unceasing.

Illinois' revenue picture — “lackluster” in August followed by a “sizable falloff” in September —was “mixed” in October, according to state-revenue analysts.

With an ugly election season in the books, it's time to get back to the business of governing.

Either way, it was going to be a long four years. Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential reign was, for various reasons, destined to be rocky.

Either way, it was going to be a long four years.Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential reign was, for various reasons, destined to be rocky. But former President Donald Trump's apparent