A new documentary about Illinois' long-serving Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan is in the midst of several scheduled showings on local TV, a prelude to what its conservative backers say will be even broader distribution in the final weeks before the general election.
Peru's Jerry Long, the Republican candidate for the District 76 state House seat, recently called for Springfield to revise its formula that unfairly funnels a disproportionate number of tax dollars into Chicago schools at other communities’ expense.