Category Archives: State News
IDOA hosts ‘Hemp Summit’ in Springfield
Jeff Cox (left), bureau chief for medicinal plants for the Illinois Department of Agriculture, and John Sullivan (right), director of the department, say Illinois hemp farmers may have planted fifty p...
Dec 17, 2019
Members of Illinois’ Congressional delegation file bill to tax e-cigs $200 million per year
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi announced the "Providing Resources to End the Vaping Epidemic Now for Teenagers," or PREVENT Act Friday in Chicago, saying local public health o...
Dec 17, 2019
Illinois State Police urge drivers to move over after 27th crash involving Scott’s Law violation this year
Scott's Law requires drivers approaching a stopped emergency vehicle to slow down and move over, changing lanes if possible. (Photo courtesy; WJBC/File) By Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – I...
Dec 17, 2019
Gov. Pritzker: ‘Early childhood education is the most important thing’
Gov. Pritzker has also appointed 29 people to a new "Illinois Commission on Equitable Early Childhood Education and Care Funding." (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Early ch...
Dec 17, 2019
BBB: ‘anyone in Illinois’ could be victimized by rental scammers
The fraudsters usually ask for a deposit or first month's rent, which Bernas said can bedifficult to recover, even after the victim figures out the scam. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Illinois Radio ...
Dec 17, 2019
Gov. J.B. Pritzker hasn’t talked to House Speaker Michael Madigan about federal corruption probes
The state's GOP has been updating a website at DemCorruption.com of lawmakers either indicted or under federal investigation. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – ...
Dec 17, 2019
Group looks for substantive plans from Illinois ethics reforms commission
Attempts to change ethics rules in Springfield have been slow to develop at the Illinois statehouse, but not because of a lack of trying. A state politics analyst says lawmakers have been busy filing ...
Dec 17, 2019
Three Illinois counties labeled ‘judicial hellholes’ by lawsuit reform group
The president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association called the report a deceptively-titled publicity stunt meant to put the court system in a poor light. (PHOTO: Gov. J.B. Pritzker Facebook page) ...
Dec 17, 2019
Members of Illinois’ Congressional delegation file bill to tax e-cigs $200 million per year
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and other Illinois lawmakers spoke Friday in Chicago. (Photo Twitter/Senator Dick Durbin) By Illinois Radio Network/Cole LauterbachSPRINGFIELD – Illinois' Congressiona...
Dec 16, 2019
BBB offers tips to protect yourself from online shopping scams, porch pirates
Steve Bernas with the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois says that complaints about “porch pirates” - people who follow delivery trucks and help themselves to just-del...
Dec 16, 2019
