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Gov. JB Pritzker says he's committed to helping travel and tourism thrive in Illinois, saying during a stop in Peoria on Wednesday, that tourism is vital to the state's economic health.
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Nearly two years after taking on the cost to fund a pre-assessment passed on by a divided city council, the Peoria City/County Health Department is searching for the first employees for the Cure Violence initiative.
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The Associated Press called the race shortly before midnight. Balkema won the four-way primary with a 49.4% majority.
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With work now underway on the first phase of a three-part reconstruction of the Cedar Street Bridge, the project highlights East Peoria’s collaboration with the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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Jessica Stephenson opened her independent bookstore Lit on Fire in 2015. She had already spent a few years in the bookselling business, working at Peoria-area used bookstores.
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The voting process begins 40 days before election day with early voting and mail-in ballots. Elizabeth Gannon of the Peoria Election Commission said this year they had 10,000 mail-in ballots go out the first day of voting.
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The state organization responsible for making economic forecasts for lawmakers described Peoria’s economy as “limping along” in a recent report.
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Three Republicans are vying in the March primary to replace retiring state senator Win Stoller in the solid red 37th district.
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A proposal for a first-of-its-kind program to haul trash by barge from Chicago to rural Henry is dead in the water, at least for now.
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A state-wide grant program funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture aims to address food insecurity while also assisting historically under-represented farmers, and the Midwest Food Bank is part of the initiative.