Category Archives: State News
Another Illinois union agrees to labor deal
The Rauner administration has agreed to a four-year labor agreement with the Illinois Federation of Teachers. (WJBC file photo)By FarmWeekNow/WFMBSPRINGFIELD – Another union has agreed to a cont...
May 18, 2016
More info needed from Auditor General
The Illinois State Board of Elections has ordered Auditor General Frank Mautino to provide more detail about his campaign spending as a state legislator. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By FarmWeekNow/Ri...
May 18, 2016
Rauner vetoes ‘atrocious’ union arbitration bill
Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a binding arbitration bill on Monday (Photo courtesy Facebook/Bruce Rauner)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner said the state's largest ...
May 17, 2016
Republican lawmakers say tax raise plan more of the same
(WJBC File Photo)By Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Two fiscally conservative state lawmakers said the plan to raise taxes is just more of the same.State Sen. Kyle McCarter (R-Lebanon) and S...
May 16, 2016
Illinois House offers stop-gap funding for human services
Illinois House Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang says money that is devoted for human services – if approved – can’t be taken by the Rauner administration and used for state operations...
May 12, 2016
Lawmaker group gives insight to budget impasse
State Sen. Daniel Biss was one of the legislators who spoke. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radion NetworkCHICAGO – A panel of state lawmakers at the City Club of Chica...
May 10, 2016
Democrats, advocates fight Rauner attempts to gain more budget powers
State Rep. Christian Mitchell says social service groups face too much uncertainty over the state budget impasse. (Photo courtesy ilga.gov)By Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Raune...
May 10, 2016
Auditor general takes heat over campaign spending questions
Some lawmakers are questioning some of Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino’s campaign expenses while he was in the Illinois Senate. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Farm Week Now/WFMBSPRINGFIE...
May 08, 2016
Independent maps group submits 570,000 signatures
The group Independent Map Amendment has submitted 570,000 signatures in an attempt to get a measure on the Illinois ballot to change the legislative map-making process. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Illino...
May 07, 2016
Retailers say tobacco age hike will cost them business
A retailers group says their stores near the Illinois borders will lose business if the state’s legal tobacco age is raised from 18 to 21. (Photo by julie/flickr)By Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGF...
May 06, 2016
