A new documentary about Illinois' long-serving Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan is in the midst of several scheduled showings on local TV, a prelude to what its conservative backers say will be even broader distribution in the final weeks before the general election.
4.1 percent of people in Buckingham were receiving food stamps as of April 30, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Kankakee Times.
A campaign ad posted on incumbent state Rep. Katherine "Kate" Cloonen's (D-Kankakee) Facebook page alleging her GOP opponent, Lindsay Parkhurst, wants to eliminate the Social Security and Medicare programs has been deemed by Politifact to be an egregious lie.