A Quad City Times article mentioned at least 50 car pooling from Bloomington and estimates the crowd at 500-700. Some people thought it was over 1,000.
The St. Louis Beacon headline downplays the crowd size but includes a good set of pictures.
WICS TV news has a good video online with clips from several attendees.
The articles I've seen cover it as a union rally without mentioning other groups represented such as NAACP and Sierra Club. There's no coverage from Springfield's State Journal-Register so far, although they always seem to have reporters available for Tea Party rallies.
The candidates and elected officials who attended included Sheila Stocks-Smith, Chris Boyster, Mike Ziri, Sam Cahnman, and Michael Higgins. Bill Houlihan spoke for Senator Dick Durbin.
The Illinois Education Association blog has pictures plus a video of IEA President Ken Swanson's speech.
My friend Alan put a few pictures on flickr.
I stole a few that Wes King put on facebook.
