Category Archives: State News
Safety concern for state workers “nonsense”
State Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-Rockford). (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – There's a word Illinois Republicans have for the state's unemployment agency's performance: una...
May 20, 2021
Republicans tearing into Gov. Pritzker for failure of leadership and accountability
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – With not quite two weeks to go in the legislature's session, Republicans are going off on Gov. J...
May 20, 2021
Gov. Pritzker reports Illinoisans to continue receiving federal government unemployment benefits
Gov. JB Pritzker (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Employers say they are having a tough time finding help. The federal government is sweetening unemployment benefits ...
May 20, 2021
HGOP rips Gov. Pritzker over La Salle veteran’s home
State Rep. Paul Jacobs (R-Pomona). (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Republicans, many of them veterans, laid into the Pritzker administration for its resp...
May 19, 2021
Former Illinois Gov. calls prison term “waste of time” at a book signing in Springfield
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – When the obituary of former Gov. George Ryan is written, two things will be mentioned at the top: his ...
May 19, 2021
Weekly crop report shows corn planting ahead of schedule
Rainy conditions hindered farmers ability to plant cash crops in the past week. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave Dahl and Blake HaasSPRINGFIELD – Rainy conditions hindered farmers’ abili...
May 18, 2021
Sen. Durbin calls Republican infrastructure proposal “not very ambitious”
Sen. Dick Durbin. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – U.S. Republicans could unveil a massive infrastructure proposal in the coming days as optimism grows about a possible bipa...
May 18, 2021
Illinois Senate Republicans want to get tough on corruption
State Sen. John Curran (R-Downers Grove). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Wiretapping would have brought the Com Ed corruption investigation to a head much earlier, a state senator s...
May 18, 2021
Federal rental relief dollars are coming to Illinois
State Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – "Housing is a human right." State Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) made that statement as Gov. JB Pritzker ...
May 18, 2021
Illinois top Dr. lends perspective to La Salle veterans’ home COVID-19 outbreak
Wherever Linda Chapa LaVia (pictured) is now, the former state veterans' affairs director's ears have been burning for days. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Illinois ...
May 17, 2021
