Category Archives: State News
Local lawmaker says it could take weeks before election results are in
State Rep. Dan Brady (R-Normal). (Photo courtesy: Scott Miller/WJBC)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – With more than 27 million votes cast by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one state lawmaker...
Oct 19, 2020
Meet the acting director of IDES
Kristin Richards, acting director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – What was she thinking? After the pandemic swamped the phon...
Oct 17, 2020
Another go-round for and against the graduated income tax
State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) summed up what you've heard for and against the proposed constitutional amendment. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD–Both sides of...
Oct 15, 2020
A call for diversity and inclusion in the renewable energy industry
State Rep. Will Davis (D-Homewood) is talking about the "Path to 100" bill(WJBC File Photo) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD–Diversity and inclusion are words we might notice hearing more and more, and ...
Oct 15, 2020
State’s corn and soybean harvests roughly halfway complete
Conditions are 68 and 66 percent good to excellent, respectively. (WJBC file photo) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Possible frost in the forecast might be incentive for Illinois farmers to step ...
Oct 14, 2020
Some Illinoisans want to do away with Columbus Day
Speaking in Chicago Monday – Columbus Day – Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez says the evidence is in, and Christopher Columbus should be out. (WJBC file photo) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIEL...
Oct 12, 2020
IDPH reports first human West Nile virus death this year
Currently, 24 human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Illinois. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleSPRINGFIELD – A Chicago resident who became ill in mid-September and tested posit...
Oct 08, 2020
Top Republican asking for Gov. to step into Madigan investigation
House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago). (Photo courtesy: WikiMedia/Illinoislawmakers) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The top Republican in the Illinois House wants the governor to step into the inve...
Oct 08, 2020
Lawmakers hold a virtual hearing on improving education for Black and Brown children
Gholdy Muhammad (pictured), an education professor at Georgia State University. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The goal of improving education – especially for...
Oct 08, 2020
AARP, other senior groups want graduated income tax to pass
The constitutional amendment to change Illinois' income tax from flat to graduated needs sixty percent of the vote to pass. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Seniors' organizati...
Oct 08, 2020
