News headlines for the evening of Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Iowa’s senior senator Chuck Grassley says President Trump ending an Obama-era immigration policy throws a contentious issue into the lap of Congress. President Trump is ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, with a phase-out set to begin in March. This puts pressure on Congress to pass legislation. A newly-released report says psychiatric care in Illinois state prisons is quote “exceedingly poor and often..

News headlines for the evening of Thursday, August 31, 2017 Governor Bruce Rauner has approved a major change in the way Illinois funds public schools. He signed the bipartisan legislation at a school in Chicago, calling it a historic achievement. The law will focus state education spending on school districts with the highest need. Those areas typically have less property wealth, and more kids in poverty. Original members of the Rainbow Coalition joined a panel discussion at Augustana College

News headlines for the evening of Wednesday, August 30, 2017

News headlines for the evening of Tuesday, August 29, 2017 The Illinois General Assembly has signed off on a major school funding overhaul that unlocks cash for over 800 school districts throughout the state and is expected to reduce disparities between wealthy and poor schools. That's despite "no" votes from Quad Cities representatives. T he bill restructures how Illinois distributes money to school throughout the state, and provides more money to all school districts. Blood centers throughout

Today's headlines: A rally against hate will be held Sunday in Rock Island in Schweibert Riverfront Park. Galesburg businessman and republican Mark Kleine will challenger democatic incumbent Cheri Bustos in Illinois's 17th Congressional District. A group planning the future of Mercer County will hold an open house this weekend to celebrate its progress and get more input from residents. At the fairgrounds in Aledo Sunday afternoon. And Craig Frederiksen from Moline flew to England today, and

New headlines for the evening of Thursday, August 24, 2017

News headlines for the evening of Wednesday, August 23, 2017 School superintendents from central and southern Illinois are pushing lawmakers to reach an agreement on overhauling the state's school funding formula. Several spoke in Springfield Wednesday, the day they were supposed to hold a Capitol rally. However, they canceled it when House Speaker Michael Madigan scrapped Wednesday's legislative session citing progress in legislative leaders' negotiations. A developer from Des Moines is taking

News headlines for the evening of Wednesday, August 16, 2017