Category Archives: Politics
Senate Republican proposal would standardize election procedures across Illinois
One example of how the proposal would work is that someone receiving training as an election judge in, say, Jo Daviess County would get the same training as an election judge in Alexander County. (WJB...
May 10, 2021
Map madness has some state lawmakers in its grip
State Rep. Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville) and other House Republicans found themselves in an office building next to the Capitol Thursday afternoon. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – T...
May 07, 2021
An Illinois House majority says Washington, D.C., should be a state.
State Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) is the sponsor of a resolution urging Congress to make Washington, D.C., America's 51st state. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Members o...
May 06, 2021
Congressman LaHood hopes Illinois losing congressional seat is a ‘wake-up call’
Central Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap). (WJBC file photo)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Illinois will lose a seat in Congress after the U.S. Census Bureau’s recent population dat...
May 06, 2021
State pension costs are not the only thing tying up the budgets
Ted Dabrowski at mic (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – State pension costs are not the only thing tying up the budgets. It's also local pension costs."Nobody's talking pensions. Nobody c...
May 05, 2021
Congressman LaHood calls former President Trump’s Facebook ban a ‘terrible precedent’
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (Photo courtesy Facebook/Darin LaHood) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – According to one Central Illinois lawmaker, Facebook’s Oversight Board decision to continue the ne...
May 05, 2021
State Senator sponsoring a bill to outlaw school dress codes which pertain to hair
The committee told State Sen. Mike Simmons (D-Chicago) to work on the enforcement mechanism before bringing his bill back. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Almost sixty years a...
May 05, 2021
Mwilambwe be sworn in Saturday as Bloomington’s mayor, Normal and Peoria leaders take their oaths next week
Mboka Mwilambwe will be sworn in as the first person-of-color to lead the city. (Photo courtesy: City of Bloomington)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – History will be made in Bloomington Sat...
May 01, 2021
Sen. Durbin says American Rescue Plan already paying dividends
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – The American Rescue Plan is already paying dividends, according to Illinois’ Senior Senator as President J...
Apr 30, 2021
Gov. Pritzker’s proposed budgetary nip-and-tucks not going over well with retailers
Gov. Pritzker. (Photo courtesy: Gov. Pritzker/Facebook) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – One of the Pritzker administration's proposed budgetary nip-and-tucks is not going over well with retailers. Il...
Apr 30, 2021
