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City of Sterling Municipal Band met May 8

By Corazon L. Gonzales | May 22, 2017

City of Sterling Municipal Band met 5;30 p.m. Monday, May 8.

City of Sterling Mayor & Council met May 1

By Corazon L. Gonzales | May 22, 2017

City of Sterling Mayor & Council met 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 1.

Sterling basketball coach credits team with 'Golden' season

By Brent Zell | May 21, 2017

Ryan Vasquez's name might be on it, but the coaching honor he received recently was a team award, he told the Rock Island Today.

GOP rep chides chamber: Pick a revenue number and get budget going

By Hoang Tran | May 19, 2017

Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) chastised the House for its lack of progress on a state budget estimate, calling it a failure of the chamber.

Critics pan $5,000 fine over Mautino financial reports, request criminal inquiry

By Glenn Minnis | May 19, 2017

The Illinois State Board of Elections slapped a $5,000 fine on Auditor General Frank Mautino's campaign committee on Monday for failing to comply with board order to update financial disclosure reports filed in 2014 and 2015.

Small businesses have big role to play in saving Illinois, Rauner says on tour

By Caitlin Nordahl | May 18, 2017

Illinois can't grow unless its small businesses grow, Gov. Bruce Rauner told owners and employees of several of the state's 1 million such businesses on a brief tour recently.

'Absurd' math used to calculate 'Comeback Agenda,' financial pro says

By Karen Kidd | May 18, 2017

There won't be any coming back for high-wage earners who will exit Illinois in a hurry if the so-called "Illinois Comeback Agenda" passes, a financial services professional said.

If budget hopes are scrapped, Illinois could become first 'junk' state

By Glenn Minnis | May 15, 2017

The chances that Illinois will reach a budget before May 31 and avoid seeing its bond rating lowered to the worst of any state in history are 50-50 at best, according to Mark Glennon, founder of the business and government website WirePoints told the Sangamon Sun recently.