Category Archives: Politics
Jelani Day bill approved by Illinois House committee
Day was a graduate student at Illinois State University who went missing in August. Despite efforts to find him alive, authorities found his body floating in the Illinois River on September 4. (Photos...
Mar 23, 2022
Elected leaders in Normal back plans for new ag complex soon to sprout up at Heartland College campus
The council approved final plans as part of its consent agenda, so there was no discussion. (WJBC file photo)By HOI ABCNORMAL – An estimated $20 million agriculture complex to be built at Heartl...
Mar 22, 2022
Sen. Durbin looking forward to Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL.) (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), looks forward to the confirmation h...
Mar 18, 2022
Some new factors have entered the budgeting picture for Illinois
House Majority Leader Greg Harris (D-Chicago). (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois legislature has three weeks until its self-imposed deadline to put together a budget.One per...
Mar 18, 2022
Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in Bloomington
Bloomington Police Chief Jamal Simington urges others to be mindful and alert as temperatures increase and pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcycles are out on the highway. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) B...
Mar 17, 2022
GOP: Fundamental change needed at DCFS
State Rep Tom Weber (R-Lake Villa). (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The roll call continues – of dead or missing children. And State Rep Tom Weber (R-Lake Villa)...
Mar 17, 2022
Sen. Durbin: More can be done to support Ukraine
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. (Photo courtesy: Dick Durbin/Twitter) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is addressing Congress on Wednesday after the Senate approved a m...
Mar 15, 2022
Filing for the June primary is over
That lottery, with real Illinois Lottery ping pong balls, is March 23. (Twitter/Illinois SBE)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Candidates who believe being last on the list on the ballot give them an ed...
Mar 15, 2022
Bloomington City Council addresses deadly violence at home and abroad
The city's mayor said he wants the community's Russian sister city relationship to continue, while an alderwoman is renewing her pushing for a special commission to study gun violence. (WJBC file phot...
Mar 15, 2022
Illinois lawmakers are no longer required to wear a mask on the floor of their respected chambers
The Illinois House and Senate have made masks optional in the chambers. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Let the unmasking begin.Illinois lawmakers no longer have to wear m...
Mar 08, 2022
