Category Archives: State News
Contamination dangers lurking in Illinois wells
Water safety is something some Illinois residents forget to monitor. (WJBC File Photo)By RFD Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – If you get your water from your own well, you are on your own to make sure...
Apr 03, 2016
Kirk urges fellow Republicans to meet with Obama’s Supreme Court nominee
(Photo courtesy Facebook/Mark Kirk)By Julio Rausseo/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) crossed party lines Tuesday, as he became the first Republican to meet with Presi...
Mar 31, 2016
Rauner calls out state Democrats on school funding
Rauner says state Democrats of holding up education funding. (Photo courtesy Adam Studzinsky/WJBC)By Julio Rausseo/ Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO- Gov. Bruce Rauner agrees the funding formula for Illi...
Mar 29, 2016
Illinois Lottery continuing online sales
(Adam Studzinski/AS)By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Illinois' Internet and mobile app pilot program for lottery sales expired on Friday, but lottery officials are continui...
Mar 29, 2016
Illinois only state without budget
By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio NetworkIllinois is now the only state in the country without a budget.When Pennsylvania's Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday he wouldn't veto the Republican-cont...
Mar 28, 2016
Campaign finance law changes face obstacles
By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkA state representative says campaign finance laws should change to limit what kinds of trips politicians can purchase with their campaign funds, but the change cou...
Mar 28, 2016
Illinois AG brings in almost $1 billion in 2015
(Photo courtesy Facebook/Lisa Madigan)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – It's not quite $1 billion, but the amount of money Illinois' attorney general says she's collected in 201...
Mar 25, 2016
Ag education cuts don’t look like cuts to Rauner
(WJBC file photo)By RFD News NetworkSPRINGFIELD – While pushing for a private path forward to improve the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Wednesday, Gov. Bruce Rauner shook hands with and chatted ...
Mar 24, 2016
Online lottery sales could return in Illinois
Illinois Lottery online sales may be back. (WJBC file photo)By IRN/Greg BishopSPRINGFIELD – Illinois lottery officials said they still are feeling the aftereffects from when payouts to winners w...
Mar 23, 2016
Rauner calls on legislators to return to work
(Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Now that the primaries are over, Gov. Bruce Rauner says lawmakers need to get back to work. However, he said, political p...
Mar 22, 2016
