Category Archives: Politics
Primary elections wrap up; results in McLean County
(WJBC File Photo)By WMBD-TVBLOOMINGTON – The Illinois primary election wrapped up Tuesday night – and no surprise it was President Joe Biden and Donald Trump winning in their respective pa...
Mar 20, 2024
Gov. Pritzker signs executive order to take on sickle cell disease
Gov. Pritzker. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – An executive order, which the governor signed Monday, takes on sickle cell disease. It's diagnosed at birth and expensive to...
Mar 18, 2024
Some Illinois Republicans say out-migration is due to high property taxes
One Republican, State Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-Rockford), says the state would have a million more people if it grew at the same rates as Indiana, Missouri, and Wisconsin. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSP...
Mar 14, 2024
Gov. Pritzker urges lawmakers to pass Healthcare Protection Bill
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker says a new health care bill, announced during the State of the State message, will give Illinoisans an adva...
Mar 14, 2024
Illinois expects to receive $52.6B this year, up from $51.9B earlier estimated
Eric Noggle serves as the Revenue Manager for the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. (Photo courtesy: Flickr/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The people with the sharp penc...
Mar 12, 2024
Illinois State Senator fed up with Gov. Pritzker’s apparent secret spending on services for migrants
State Sen. Sally Turner (R-Beason, left) spoke during a press conference Thursday afternoon. (Photo courtesy: BlueRoom/Twitter)By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Republicans at the state Capitol are get...
Mar 07, 2024
Bill in Springfield would make magic mushrooms legal
State Sen. Rachel Ventura is sponsoring a bill to legalize magic mushrooms. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Illinois has had medical cannabis for years. Magic mushrooms co...
Mar 07, 2024
With feds citing ‘extensive cooperation,’ judge gives ex-Sen. Terry Link 3 years’ probation
Former Democratic state Sen. Terry Link exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago with his attorney Catharine O’Daniel on Wednesday after being sentenced to three years' probation on tax e...
Mar 07, 2024
Cook County judge orders Trump removed from GOP ballot but holds decision pending appeal
Judge Tracie Porter's Feb. 28 order directs the Illinois State Board of Elections to remove former President Donald Trump's name from the Illinois primary ballot while also staying the decision until ...
Feb 29, 2024
Illinois Senator reacts to Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling on protecting IVF process
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Tammy Duckworth)By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is not only a U.S. senator. She is a mother of two, both children born thr...
Feb 26, 2024
