News headlines for the morning of November 27, 2017
- The Quad City Airport is asking businesses to promote flying locally rather than driving to other airports. The goal is to increase passenger traffic and help the local airport thrive.
- Candidates can begin filing petitions this morning to get their names on the March 20 Democratic and Republican primary ballots in Illinois. Candidates have until next Monday to file their petitions. That's followed by another week when objections to those petitions can be filed.
- An internal review shows that several Republican staff members in the Iowa Senate are unlikely to report sexual harassment or workplace misconduct because of fear of retaliation. A brief report was released Friday summarizing the in-house investigation that started this summer. The three-page report says senators made "sexually suggestive comments" or discussed "sexual preferences" on the chamber floor in recent years, though no details about the comments or who made them were include — Associated Press
- It's Cyber Monday, with stores offering holiday shoppers deals online. But some Illinois cities say as more people choose to shop on the web, it's cutting into their budgets.