Category Archives: State News
Illinois House approves binding arbitration bill
State Rep. Chris Welch is lead sponsor of House Bill 580. (Photo courtesy ilga.gov)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Democrats content binding arbitration for all state employee...
Feb 17, 2016
Lawmakers deliver MAP grant bill despite veto threat
(Photo courtesy Flickr/401K2012)By Joe RagusaSPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers have sent the Governor a bill to fund MAP grants the state’s community colleges. State Rep. Kelly Burke (D-Oak Lawn) sa...
Feb 16, 2016
Durbin weighs in on Supreme Court
(Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By RFD Radio NetworkWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is seeing red over protests from some Congressional Republicans for President Obama to let the next presiden...
Feb 15, 2016
Democratic lawmaker asks governor for special budget session
State Rep. Jack Franks. (Photo courtesy Illinois House Democrats)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – The governor’s office says taxpayers could be on the hook for tens of th...
Feb 15, 2016
State to close Kewanee juvenile detention center, save $14 million
(Photo courtesy Flickr/401K2012)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkKEWANEE – While prison reform supporters say the announced closure of a juvenile detention center is a good step to addressin...
Feb 15, 2016
Legislation would ban drones near prisons
(Photo courtesy Facebook/Precision Drone)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – A new initiative to ban drones near prisons has been introduced in the Illinois Senate.The bill, spons...
Feb 13, 2016
ACLU opposes proposal to ban fight videos on social media
State Rep. Terri Bryant is proposing a bill that would make it illegal to film and post fight videos to social media. (Photo courtesy ilga.gov)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – ...
Feb 12, 2016
Conservative group slams Obama’s push for automatic voter registration
Matthew Vadum, senior vice president at Capital Research Center, says he worries that the government may not have the ability to handle automatic voter registration. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Capital R...
Feb 12, 2016
Democrat revives arbitration bill in the state legislature
Hillsdale Democratic State Rep. Mike Smiddy, has proposed a measure to bring in binding arbitration for contract negotiations like the stalled AFSCME talks. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Greg Bishop...
Feb 11, 2016
Obama 1st president since Carter to address Illinois legislature
President Jimmy Carter addressed the Illinois Legislature in May 1978. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Jimmy Carter)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Much like today, taxes, the plight...
Feb 10, 2016
