Category Archives: Local News
Illinois' graduated income tax plan fails
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Voters have rejected a proposal to abolish Illinois' flat-rate income tax for one that would take a greater share from wealthier taxpayers. It was Gov. J.B. Pritzker's top pri...
Nov 04, 2020 Illinois.gov
There's no winner in the presidential race. That's OK
WASHINGTON (AP) - America woke up Wednesday morning without a winner of the presidential election. That's OK. Critical battleground states including Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania remain without...
Nov 04, 2020 Bartender Sam Schilke watches election results on television at a bar and grill Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)
Pekin's Luft wins 91st District House seat
PEORIA, Ill. -- Pekin Mayor Mark Luft has won Illinois' Dist. 91 House of Representatives seat, taking 63% of the vote, defeating challenger Josh Grys. Luft told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", there'...
Nov 04, 2020 (Photo courtesy of City of Pekin)
Biden campaign willing to fight Trump in court
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden's campaign says it will fight any efforts by President Donald Trump's campaign to go to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent ballots from being tabulated. In a statem...
Nov 04, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to supporters, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya
Peoria, Tazewell elections chiefs give postmortem
PEORIA, Ill. -- Early on Election Tuesday, electronic pollbooks were delivered to the wrong location, causing a 25-minute delay in voting at Northwest United Methodist Church on War Memorial in Peoria...
Nov 04, 2020 Liberty Systems testing Tazewell County voting machines
(Courtesy of Kevin Bessler/WMBD)
Bustos declares razor-thin victory
MOLINE, Ill. -- With 99% of precincts reporting late Tuesday night, 17th District Rep. Cheri Bustos declared victory over challenger Esther Joy King. At the time of her declaration, the Congresswoman ...
Nov 04, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pres. Trump vows Supreme Court action
WASHINGTON D.C. -- In an early Wednesday morning speech from the White House, President Donald Trump expressed confidence about his standing in the election, while threatening legal action. "We'll be ...
Nov 04, 2020 MWC-Fox News Photo Credit
Koehler wins state senate race costing nearly $4M
PEORIA, Ill. -- In the most expensive State Senate race of 2020 in all of Illinois, 46th District Senate incumbent Democrat Dave Koehler fended off Republican challenger and Tazewell County Treasurer ...
Nov 04, 2020
A long night, or more, before president is known
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's a good chance that Americans won't know the winner of Tuesday's presidential election while it's still Tuesday - or maybe even Wednesday. Many states made it easier to reques...
Nov 03, 2020
Voters favor Biden on virus, Trump on economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - Voters in the U.S. presidential election faced a public health crisis and a wounded economy, but neither candidate emerged as the clear choice to handle both of those issues. That's ...
Nov 03, 2020 Supporters of President Trump cheer as passing cars honk their horns near a polling location on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
