Republican candidate for State House District 72 Brandi McGuire recently faced a smear campaign driven by her Democratic opponent, Mike Halpin.

The Rock Island Milan School District 41 board of education met Tuesday, Sept. 13.

The Village of Carbon Cliff Village board of trustees met Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Members of the Moline City Council met Tuesday, Aug. 9.

Members of the Moline City Council met at 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30.

Members of the East Moline Public Library board met at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28.

Members of the Rock Island County board met at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20.

The Village of Carbon Cliff board of trustees met Tuesday, July 5.

The Moline Coal Valley School District No. 40 board of education met at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26.

The Rock Island County Hope Creek Care Center board of directors met at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19.

The Milan-Blackhawk Area Public Library District board met at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22.

Savana Mayor Tony McCombie recently shared her dismay over the status of the education sector in Illinois.

Moline-Coal Valley School District Superintendent Lanty McGuire will serve the district through the 2018-2019 school year after the school board recently voted to extend his contract.

The Illinois Republican Party (ILGOP) launched a voter-fraud hot line today, in response to complaints of bribes for votes.

Illinois is paying the price for not turning around its economy the same way its neighbors have, Brandi McGuire, Republican candidate for the District 72 state House seat, said.

College wrestler Topher Carton said his offseason was a lot more fun than usual.

A military veteran and the brother of a Republican working mother and activist who is running for Illinois' 72nd District House seat is attacking her Democratic opponent in two campaign ads that respond to suggestions that she would be soft on veterans issues.

Little Dribblers kindergarten basketball league will have a fall session beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 12, according to moline.il.us.

The Illinois unemployment rate declined for the fourth straight month in August, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced last week.

Illinois' public pension crisis has been bumped out of the headlines by the Nov. 8 presidential election and other attention-grabbers, but the crisis hasn't gone away, the vice president of a Chicago-based conservative think tank said in a recent article.