217 Today: 2nd District Republican candidate Thomas Lynch talks gun control and abortion ahead of the midterm election
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Today’s headlines: Conservative mega-donor Richard Uihlien has thrown another $13.9 million into the Illinois governor’s race. COVID-19 is spreading in Illinois at its lowest rate in months. But state public health officials are preparing for a possible surge in cases this fall and winter. Parents rallied at a Unit 4 Board […]
Unit 4 parents rally against reassigning elementary students next year
CHAMPAIGN — Dozens of parents rallied on Monday evening at the Unit 4 Board of Education meeting in Champaign. They have joined under a new group called “Unit 4 Families for a Smarter Solution.” The district is currently weighing how to reassign students next year to desegregate elementary schools, and the group largely opposes that […]
Republican candidate Thomas Lynch critical of big government in IPM interview
URBANA — Congresswoman Robin Kelly is up for re-election in Illinois’ newly redrawn 2nd congressional district, which stretches from the Danville area to Chicago’s South Side. Kelly will face Republican challenger Thomas Lynch, a member of the Iroquois County Board, in the November midterm election. Lynch spoke with Illinois Newsroom’s Harrison Malkin about his life […]
