Category Archives: State News
Ethics, property tax relief, population loss among top concerns for lawmakers as governor prepares State of the State speech
Pritzker said Friday that finding relief from Illinois' second-highest-in-the-nation property taxes will be a focus. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Illinois ...
Jan 27, 2020
Illinois Supreme Court to decide if teachers can take maternity leave months after giving birth
The Illinois Supreme Court will decide whether a teacher can take maternity leave after an entire summer with her baby. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – The Il...
Jan 27, 2020
Case of coronavirus confirmed in Chicago
IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Before an event in Springfield Friday, Gov. JB Pritzker said the state has already been preparing for coronaviru...
Jan 24, 2020
New law caps out-of-pocket insulin costs
Illinois is now the second state in the nation to do this. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Eighteen hundred dollars a month for a life-or-death drug is out of reach for ma...
Jan 24, 2020
Illinois private school tuition program reports big opening night for applications
National School Choice Week starts Jan. 26. (Photo courtesy: Pixabay) By Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Tens of thousands of students hoping to go to the private school of their choice tui...
Jan 24, 2020
Springfield City Council first in Illinois to approve cannabis consumption lounge
Some aldermen said the move was needed because of the area hotels. Alderwoman Doris Turner said it will also be good for adults who can't consume it in a rental property or public housing. (Photo cour...
Jan 24, 2020
New law excuses Illinois High school students to go vote up to two hours away
The school does have the ability to determine when the student may vote. (Photo courtesy: Flickr)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – May I be excused? I have to go vote. That's now the law in Illinois sch...
Jan 23, 2020
Illinois business leader: ‘right to work’ may sputter out
The union's effort comes a little more than a year after Gov. Bruce Rauner, who wanted to diminish labor's influence, left office. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – An Illinoi...
Jan 23, 2020
Illinois Republicans want state’s automatic voter registration program suspended while Gov. Pritzker pushes for hearing
The Secretary of State's office says the issue has been fixed and regrets the computer error. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Republicans want to sus...
Jan 23, 2020
Despite marginal increase in some Illinois pension funding ratios, state still ‘worst in the nation,’ watchdog says
Although funding ratios for three of the state's five public sector pension funds increased, a public finance watchdog says Illinois taxpayers still have a crisis on their hands. (Photo courtesy: WJBC...
Jan 23, 2020
