Category Archives: State News
Pritzker activates Illinois National Guard to bolster security in Springfield
The Illinois National Guard will not interfere with peaceful protestors exercising their first amendment rights, according to a news release Friday. (Facebook/Illinois National Guard) By Neil D...
Jan 15, 2021
Meet the new Speaker of the Illinois House
House Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside) said he would like to see a law for a ten-year term limit for the speaker. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Chris Welch (D-Hillside) is not ...
Jan 14, 2021
State health officials announce 6,652 new cases of coronavirus
The first COVID-19 vaccines were given to frontline workers at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria on Dec. 15. (Twitter/IDPH) By WJBC StaffSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Pu...
Jan 14, 2021
Illinois Senate sworn in
Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – There was no intrigue over someone who'd been in office fifty years, and nobody used an acceptance sp...
Jan 14, 2021
Swearing-in of a new Illinois House Speaker
New Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside) spoke to reporters Wednesday after the inauguration ceremony. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – New Illinois House Speaker Ch...
Jan 14, 2021
Illinois has a new Speaker of the House
State Rep. Chris Welch (D-Hillside), with 70 votes, is the first African American to become Speaker of the Illinois House. (WJBC file photo) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The work has just b...
Jan 13, 2021
llinois House Democrats try to choose a new speaker
House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-IL). (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD– A deal is apparently together to make State Rep. Chris Welch (pictured) (pictured) (D-Hills...
Jan 13, 2021
State health officials report 6,642 new COVID cases, 117 additional deaths
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity rate is 7.5%. (Facebook/Reditus Laboratories) By WJBC StaffSPRINGFIELD – Another 117 Illinois residents have died from COVID-19 complications ...
Jan 12, 2021
Busy day for any Illinois House Democrat who wants to be speaker
State Rep. Chris Welch (D-Hillside). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The Black Caucus of the Illinois House of Representatives has chosen Rep. Chris Welch (D-Hillside) as its can...
Jan 12, 2021
IDVA director steps down
Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs director Linda Chapa LaVia. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – With 36 coronavirus-related deaths at one veterans' home on her watch, Monday...
Jan 12, 2021
