Illinois Public Media News

Speaking at a rally, state Rep. Carol Ammons and Democratic County Board candidates, including Tanisha King Taylor and Mike Ingram, called on the News-Gazette to add women to its all-male editorial board, which they said could have prevented the publication of the cartoon.

While debating, candidates offered no concrete suggestions for addressing fiscal problems but possibilities exist.

Recently, we received a question from Mark Porter, who wanted to know more about the state of state parks in Illinois. Mark asked, “What is the governor doing to protect our natural resources in Illinois and what is being done to support the State Parks and county forest preserves?”

Your sense of smell may give doctors early clues as to whether you’ll deal with Alzheimer’s disease. Since there’s no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are focused on ways to identify early signs and create treatments before dementia sets in. 

The next debate for Illinois nominees for governor is this Wednesday in Chicago. But two candidates are being left out this time around.