Category Archives: Politics
Kinzinger intends to ‘get there’ to support Trump
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger has been one of Donald Trump’s harshest critics in the Republican Party.(Photo courtesy Facebook/Adam Kinzinger)By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio NetworkCLEVELAND –...
Jul 21, 2016
Independent Map Coalition buying $1M in TV ad time
Illinois’ legislative maps were last redrawn in 2010. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Expect to see TV ads promoting the citizen initiative to remo...
Jul 14, 2016
Duckworth campaign warchest rises
Tammy Duckworth has $5.5 million on hand in her U.S. Senate campaign against incumbent Mark Kirk.(WJBC file photos)By RFD RadioWASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s Senate campaign warc...
Jul 08, 2016
Labor board sides with AFSCME
Thousand of union members staged a protest outside the Illinois Capitol in May. (Photo courtesy Facebook/ AFSCME Council 31)By RFD News NetworkSPRINGFIELD – The impasse between Gov. Bruce Rauner...
Jul 07, 2016
Durbin honors Mikva on Senate floor
Political icon Abner Mikva died Monday at age 90. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Mikva Challenge)By RFD Radio/WFMBWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., offered a tribute to a fixture in Illinois...
Jul 07, 2016
LaHood upset Clinton won’t face prosecution in email case
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said the FBI and Attorney General Loretta Lynch seem to be playing political favorites in the Hillary Clinton email probe.(Photo courtesy Facebook/Darin LaHood)By RFD RadioWASHI...
Jul 07, 2016
UPDATED: Illinois lawmakers pass stopgap budget
(WJBC file photo)By Adam StudzinskiSPRINGFIELD – Illinois legislators have approved a stopgap budget for the state and Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed it into law.The measures fund essential state ...
Jun 30, 2016
Rauner: Lawmakers still debating stopgap budget, education funding
Illinois’ fiscal year ends June 30. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiSPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner spoke in Springfield Monday morning about the need to pass a stopgap budget and ...
Jun 27, 2016
Illinois lawmakers close to stopgap budget deal
(WJBC file photo)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – A deal is close for a stopgap measure to fund government operations through January and a full school year, but reforms to gro...
Jun 25, 2016
Former Illinois congressional candidate Flynn dies
Mike Flynn ran for Congress in the Illinois 18th Congressional District last year. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Mike Flynn)By Eric StockQUINCY – A conservative blogger who ran for Congress in Centra...
Jun 24, 2016
