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Illinois Primary Election Scorecard
Amanda Vinicky reports on key legislative races, the U-S Senate contests and the heavy turnout in Tuesday's Illinois Primary.
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Record Primary Turnout For Champaign County
Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten says interest in both presidential primaries contributed to the roughly 60,000 votes cast, but he says others, particularly University of Illinois students, were drawn to the polls because of a new same-day voter registration law. He says at one campus polling site, about 200 were still in line as the polls closed at 7 p.m.
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Election 2016: State And Local Results
Updated results from statewide, congressional and local races in Illinois' primary election. Check back throughout Tuesday night for the latest information from the Illinois Public Media newsroom.
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Election 2016: Presidential Results
Updated results from the Democratic and GOP races in Illinois' primary election. Check back throughout Tuesday night for the latest information from the Illinois Public Media newsroom.
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Illinois Issues: Campaign Shenanigans In The State Have Been Known To Turn Deadly
Exercising your right to vote on Election Day and campaigning for your preferred candidates are usually safe, low-risk endeavors. But in the first half of the 20th Century it wasn’t always peaceful.
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Illinois Supreme Court Delays Enforcement of Appellate Ruling On Hospital Property Taxes
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to delay the implementation of a lower court ruling on hospital property taxes, while it considers whether it will hear an appeal from Carle. That means Carle and Presence Covenant hospitals in Urbana likely won’t have to pay more than 10-million dollars that the state says they owe this year.
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Hulten: Early Primary Turnout More Than Twice 2012 Total
Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten suspects interest in the presidential primaries - and not the expansion in voting sites, is driving voter interest for the Illinois primary Tuesday. He expects close to 9,000 ballots to be cast before Tuesday, in 2012, that total was 3,600.
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Arthur Residents Voting On Fate Of Water System
Residents in the community of Arthur decide Tuesday whether to give up local control of their water system. But Mayor Matt Bernius says the sale, and the interest from it, provides an immediate source for repairs in the village storm sewer, as well interest for other work, like street repairs.
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Tom Ashbrook Discusses ‘On Point,’ And Life Journey
"On Point" returns to WILL-AM Monday March 14. Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline talked with host Tom Ashbrook about the show and how he went from central Illinois farm boy to nationally-syndicated radio host.
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What’s At Stake For The Presidency In Illinois’ Primary: Candidates Keep Dropping In
Presidential candidates are making final swings through Illinois ahead of Tuesday's primary. Amanda Vinicky has a roundup of the weekend campaigning, and a preview of what's still to come.
