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This year's attendance fell just below 2019 numbers. The first weekend actually beat the numbers of two years ago by over 15,000 people.
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Visitors to the Illinois State Fair, which starts August 12, will be required to follow certain mitigations amid rising cases of the coronavirus disease.
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Thousands of Illinois Democrats met Thursday in Springfield for the party’s annual state fair brunch. Candidates repeated familiar attacks on...
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Republicans held their annual rally at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield Wednesday with a message of party unity. Bruce Rauner still holds...
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Illinois Democrats say they're in an "epic" struggle with the state's new Republican governor. The party met in Springfield Thursday for its annual…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner's November election victory landed his party a summer prize Illinois Republicans haven't had in dozen years --- the pride of having…
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The Illinois State Fair will go on, even though the budget stalemate has left officials without the means to fully pay for it.If you go by the book, state…
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Even as states like Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin are known as political battlegrounds and bellwethers, Illinois has the reputation for being a solid "blue"...
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With the Illinois State Fair set to begin later this week, officials say they have safety in the forefront of their minds. The event, which attracts...
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Two people are being fined for violating ethics rules in their capacities of running Illinois' two State Fairs. Both incidents involved free beer…