Category Archives: State News
State leaders announce a new focus for juvenile justice
Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – One criticism of prisons is that they are best at turning criminals into even worse criminals. Now a state juvenile...
Jul 31, 2020
Mysterious seeds from China sent to Illinoians
Scott Schirmer, the state plant regulatory official for the Illinois Department of Agriculture, says Illinois is one state where mysterious, unsolicited, apparently Chinese seed packets are being deli...
Jul 29, 2020
Com Ed apologizes
The company is accused of, among other things, hiring associates of House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) to try to curry his favor. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The uti...
Jul 29, 2020
Gov. Pritzker announces new guidelines for organized sports in Illinois
A decision by the IHSA is expected later Wednesday. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Heart of Illinois ABCCHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday youth and adult organized sports in Illinois...
Jul 29, 2020
Ride to Remember
A motorcycle caravan this morning honored the four state police troopers killed in the line of duty in 2019. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – If police can put their l...
Jul 28, 2020
Illinois’ two major cash crops moving along
USDA state statistician Mark Schleusener says the average rainfall was about an inch and a quarter, which is about a quarter inch above normal. (WJBC file photo) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD –...
Jul 28, 2020
Black curtain now covers Stephen Douglas portrait in the Illinois House chamber
Mark Pohlad, associate professor of art history, DePaul University, says the statues and portraits don't really mean that much artistically, and removing them does not erase history. (Photo courtesy: ...
Jul 27, 2020
Gov. Pritzker says mask up until 2021
Gov. JB Pritzker. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Get used to wearing those masks. Gov. JB Pritzker says he sees an end date for the coronavirus mitigation measures, but t...
Jul 27, 2020
House Republicans not satisfied with IDES
State Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Republicans are not satisfied with the answers they are getting – or, rather, NOT gett...
Jul 24, 2020
Unions representing college and university employees worry about fall reopening
John Miller, president of the University Professionals of Illinois. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Some university faculty and staff around the state want to pump the brakes on ...
Jul 24, 2020
