Category Archives: State News
Report: Illinois’ transparency on economic subsidies gets a middling grade
Jeff Cox, Illinois Department of Agriculture bureau chief of medicinal plants, said new rules in the years ahead from the U.S. Department of Agriculture could include ensuring losses from crops that h...
Dec 18, 2019
Illinois Comptroller: ‘the future of our country is at stake’ when it comes to impeaching President Trump
Mendoza voted to impeach former Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2009. (Photo courtesy: Youtube)(Photo courtesy YouTube)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – One voice for impeachment comes from the office of ... th...
Dec 18, 2019
Group looks for substantive plans from Illinois ethics reforms commission
Center for Illinois Politics Board Chairwoman Susan Garrett, who is a former state lawmaker, said nine out of ten bills on ethics go nowhere. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Illinois Radio NetworkSPRING...
Dec 18, 2019
Report: Illinois home price growth slowest in nation, Northwest Indiana one of the fastest
llinois' home price index rose 1.9 percent in the 12 months ending this fall, the slowest in the U.S. One of the fastest-growth areas was right over the border. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Illinois ...
Dec 18, 2019
IDOA hosts ‘Hemp Summit’ in Springfield
Jeff Cox (left), bureau chief for medicinal plants for the Illinois Department of Agriculture, and John Sullivan (right), director of the department, say Illinois hemp farmers may have planted fifty p...
Dec 17, 2019
Members of Illinois’ Congressional delegation file bill to tax e-cigs $200 million per year
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi announced the "Providing Resources to End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers," or PREVENT Act Friday in Chicago, saying local public health o...
Dec 17, 2019
Members of Illinois’ Congressional delegation file bill to tax e-cigs $200 million per year
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and other Illinois lawmakers spoke Friday in Chicago. (Photo Twitter/Senator Dick Durbin) By Illinois Radio Network/Cole LauterbachSPRINGFIELD – Illinois' Congressiona...
Dec 16, 2019
BBB offers tips to protect yourself from online shopping scams, porch pirates
Steve Bernas with the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois says that complaints about “porch pirates” - people who follow delivery trucks and help themselves to just-del...
Dec 16, 2019
Indoor Football team inks 2-year deal with Grossinger Motors Arena
Midway Marauders Owner Dan Ryan (left) and General Manager Chris Matthews (right) spoke with the media on Friday. (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON –The Midway Marauders ...
Dec 13, 2019
Deer harvest down compared to last year
The 2019 deer harvest total is 75,349. (Facebook/Illinois Department of Natural Resources) By Dave DahlBLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says the second firearm dee...
Dec 13, 2019
