Champaign City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Rantoul Village Board of Trustees will meet at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Champaign Community Unit School District No. 4 Board ratifies CFT tentative agreement at a recent special meeting.

Fisher Board of Trustees approves emergency funds for water main repair during recent meeting.

Over the weekend, the Chicago Tribune's editorial board urged readers, particularly those voters in state districts where Democratic state legislators face strong Republican challengers, to break off their long relationship with House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

Jefferson Middle School in Champaign wants its students to know that their votes matter, even if they are not counted in the actual election.

Contrary to speculation, Susana Mendoza, Democratic candidate for state comptroller, hasn’t sued Best Buy over bill payments.

“He’s been called the ‘King of Illinois’ and is considered more powerful than the governor,” begins the documentary about longtime Speaker of the House Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), now available for viewing online.

The Rantoul Village Board of Trustees met July 12 to approve the purchase of two administrative police vehicles.

The city of Urbana Cunningham Township Board met Aug. 25 to add a public policy question to the 2016 ballot.

The city of Urbana Civilian Police Review Board met Oct. 26 to present the 2016 NACOLE Conference highlights.

The Champaign County Racial Justice Task Force met Oct. 27 to review police practices.

The Tolono Board of Trustees met Oct. 27 to discuss election packets.

The Champaign County Lincoln Legacy Committee met Oct. 25 to implement a new meeting schedule.

The Champaign County Local Emergency Planning Committee met June 28 to discuss recent incidents.

While online campaigning and phone polling are changing the way elections happen, Democrats in Springfield may find themselves in an unfamiliar position if they should win a super-majority next week, a Chicago-area political reporter said during a radio interview.

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth's (D-IL) record was assessed recently by the Chicago Tribune as largely ineffective.

Illinois taxpayers need to send a clear message to the General Assembly to work with the governor and tackle the state's trillions of dollars in unfunded pension liabilities, the president of a government advisory group said during a recent radio interview.

On Tuesday, voters in Illinois will vote on a constitutional amendment aimed at locking away transportation funds and preventing those funds from being spent for other purposes -- a measure that has opponents.

Urbana Human Relations Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9.