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First Listen episodes
- A western Illinois Republican state representative loses bid for re-election | First ListenNorine Hammond lost to crop insurance salesman, Josh Higgins.4 min
- Sangamon County voters approve a sales tax increase to fund a mental health board | First ListenThe measure passed 53 to 47 percent.4 min
- Today is primary election day in Illinois | First ListenNot all races are competitive, but each party ballot has a few that feature more than one candidate.5 min
- Gas prices and the stock market my force the Trump Administration to change course | First ListenU.S. Senator Dick Durbin says the president seems to be waging a war based on the Wall Street journal every morning.4 min
- The March primary election is Tuesday and GOP candidates are ramping up the heat | First ListenTed Dabrowski says he's the Republican to beat Democratic Governor JB Pritzker.5 min
- Springfield public schools to start classes after the Illinois State Fair | First ListenFirst Listen for Tuesday, March 10, 2026.4 min
- Sean Grayson's receiving medical treatment at an undisclosed location | First ListenCapitol News reports a motion was filed in Sangamon County Circuit Clerk asking for a hearing to reduce Grayson's 20-year prison sentence to accommodate his medical treatments.3 min
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is making hay with Kristi Noem's ouster | First ListenPritzker says the head of the Department of Homeland Security couldn't have done her job worse.5 min
- Springfield city council votes to toughen ordinances dealing with animal cruelty and fighting | First ListenFines are going up for first time offenders of animal cruelty in Springfield.4 min
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is emphatically denying any ties to Jeffrey Epstein | First ListenFormer President Bill Clinton testified that Pritzker was present on Epstein's plane for a Clinton Foundation trip, but his spokesperson later clarified the testimony saying that trip did not involve Epstein's plane or Epstein.4 min
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