Category Archives: Politics
DCEO updates Illinois lawmakers about BIG program
DCEO said $65 million dollars in grants have already been doled out to hard-hit restaurants and bars. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – An update for lawmakers about the governo...
Dec 02, 2020
Another Democrat says they won’t vote for Madigan
Willis makes, informally, nineteen Democrats backing away from Madigan, already leaving him at least six short of the sixty it will take to become speaker of the new General Assembly, which convenes n...
Dec 01, 2020
LaHood looking forward to working with Biden Administration
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Putting political differences aside and finding common ground is one Central Illinois lawmaker’s goal on...
Dec 01, 2020
Senator Durbin: “We’ve got to do something” to provide more COVID-19 relief
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – As bars and restaurants continue to suffer from the ramifications from the COVID-19 mitigations set forth by G...
Nov 30, 2020
Nikita Richards steps down as leader of McLean County Democrats
Nikita Richards (Photo courtesy: Heart of Illinois ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCBLOOMINGTON – The chair of the McLean County Democratic Party is stepping down after seven months in that position....
Nov 30, 2020
Congressman LaHood: “Any type of fraud or improprieties have not been there”
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Blake Haas BLOOMINGTON – As President Trump continues to claim voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election, one Central Illinois Congress...
Nov 24, 2020
Rematch set for Normal mayor’s race, 9 candidates compete for 3 council seats
Monday was the last day candidates could file their nominating petitions. (WJBC file photo) By HOI ABC NORMAL – Some familiar names will be on the ballot for mayor and town council seats ...
Nov 24, 2020 Normal Town Council Chambers. (Photo courtesy: File)
Judge sentences caller who threatened to shoot Rodney Davis
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville). (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Heart of Illinois ABCSPRINGFIELD – A US District Judge sentenced Randall E. Tarr, of Rochester, to serve two years probation...
Nov 23, 2020
Speaker Madigan: “I plan to be a candidate for speaker”
House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago). (Photo courtesy: WikiMedia/Illinoislawmakers)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – To cap off a week in which more than a dozen House Democrats have gone away from Ho...
Nov 23, 2020
Nine months on the front lines
Dr. Brian Miller (pictured), president of the Sangamon County Health Board (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A panel of doctors on a University of Illinois Springfield lo...
Nov 23, 2020
