Category Archives: State News

IDOT has more than 1,800 trucks available to help plow roads across the state.(Twitter/IDOT_Illinois)   By Neil Doyle BLOOMINGTON – Illinois Department of Transportation snow crews are stil...

House Minority Leader Jim Durkin. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The top Republican in the Illinois House has plenty of skepticism about Wednesday's budget address from Gov. JB Prit...

May Berenbaum, chair of the University of Illinois Department of Entomology. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – We need more pollinators, according to the chair of the Uni...

Don Tracy, the new chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, says there is much reason for optimism – and some big goals – for 2022. (illinois.gop) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – As...

The governor's office said there's no tax increase, but the businesses which have been benefiting from those loopholes may say, au contraire. (Neil Doyle/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – We'...

Lincoln, born 212 years ago Friday, had no idea an unconventional president in the 21st Century would be impeached twice and accused of fomenting a deadly insurrection upon our own government. (Dave D...

Kevin Irons says there's evidence a name change – which could be announced this summer for Asian Carp – can work. (WJBC file photo)   By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – It's not that Ke...

Cases of the B.1.351 were first reported in the U.S. at the end of January. So far, studies suggest that antibodies generated through the current COVID-19 vaccines recognize these variants and may off...

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville. (Photo courtesy: Scott Miller/WJBC)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Central Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis is calling on Congress to spend money left over fro...

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The only session day in February was an unforgettable one for the new House speaker, Chris Welch ...