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State and local leaders visit Farm Progress show to share agricultural priorities and challenges
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State and local leaders visit Farm Progress show to share agricultural priorities and challenges

  • Carlee Bronkema
  • Updated Aug 26, 2025

Among the guests on the first day of the 2025 Farm Progress Show were several state and local leaders. 

Budzinski to join workers to discuss 'devastating' public service cuts
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Budzinski to join workers to discuss 'devastating' public service cuts

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Aug 20, 2025

Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski will join AFSCME public service workers and retirees for a news conference regarding the impact of cuts caused by the "Big Beautiful Bill."

0:21
$6.4 million secured for Champaign County Head Start programs
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$6.4 million secured for Champaign County Head Start programs

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Aug 1, 2025

The competitive grant will serve 269 children and 111 infants and toddlers across the county.

6:40
Struggles of Women Veterans: Battling health issues due to toxic exposures
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Struggles of Women Veterans: Battling health issues due to toxic exposures

  • Doug Wolfe
  • Updated Jul 29, 2025

For women veterans, the job of getting medical care has only gotten tougher since their military service has ended. 

1:59
New equipment brings hope, signals longevity for Springfield Postal Distribution Center
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New equipment brings hope, signals longevity for Springfield Postal Distribution Center

  • Doug Wolfe
  • Updated Jul 28, 2025

New equipment is being installed in the Springfield Postal Distribution Center, giving employees hope that its outgoing letter service will not be halted anytime soon. 

3:09
The 'big beautiful bill' could mean the end to SNAP-funded food programs
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The 'big beautiful bill' could mean the end to SNAP-funded food programs

  • Hannah Flayhan
  • Updated Jul 3, 2025

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The 'big beautiful bill' reduces Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding and changes who is eligible f…

1:50
Veterans face uncertainty with VA cuts
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Veterans face uncertainty with VA cuts

  • Doug Wolfe
  • Updated Mar 14, 2025

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – As courts sort out whether the Trump Administration can legally fire thousands of workers without Congressional authori…

2:12
Fate of Springfield mail distribution center uncertain
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Fate of Springfield mail distribution center uncertain

  • Doug Wolfe
  • Updated Mar 13, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — With Washington in chaos almost constantly in recent weeks, the future of a United State Postal Service distributio…

1:52
Local communities anxiously await federal infrastructure dollars
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Local communities anxiously await federal infrastructure dollars

  • Doug Wolfe
  • Updated Feb 16, 2025

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) —  The Trump Administration's freeze on federal funding is causing uncertainty in Central Illinois communities where rail…

1:50
Using AI to 'optimize' and streamline agriculture
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Using AI to 'optimize' and streamline agriculture

  • Hannah Flayhan
  • Updated Jan 28, 2025

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) — Researchers and policymakers joined Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) and the ITI Institute to discuss work being done at the …

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