Category Archives: State News
Gov. Pritzker signs executive order to take on sickle cell disease
Gov. Pritzker. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – An executive order, which the governor signed Monday, takes on sickle cell disease. It's diagnosed at birth and expensive to...
Mar 18, 2024
IDOT workers find missing Springfield woman dead next to I-55 on-ramp
The case remains under investigation. (Photo courtesy: Illinois State Police/File) By Blake Haas SPRINGFIELD – A missing Springfield woman is the person found dead next to Interstate 55 in Sprin...
Mar 14, 2024
Measles makes its way to Illinois: what healthcare professionals are saying
If a person who is carrying the measles virus sneezes, coughs, or even talk in a room, the virus will sit in the air for up to two hours, even if the carrier has left. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By WM...
Mar 14, 2024
First round of funds for Illinois EV charging stations begins
The NEVI programs hopes to speed up the rate of electrical vehicle adoption in Illinois by having readily available charging access for drivers. (WJBC File Photo)By WMBD-TVSPRINGFIELD – The Illi...
Mar 14, 2024
All Illinois early childhood services would consolidate into a new department under proposed bill
Illinois Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood). (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Backers of a plan to consolidate early childhood services into one new state agency lai...
Mar 14, 2024
Some Illinois Republicans say out-migration is due to high property taxes
One Republican, State Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-Rockford), says the state would have a million more people if it grew at the same rates as Indiana, Missouri, and Wisconsin. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSP...
Mar 14, 2024
Gov. Pritzker urges lawmakers to pass Healthcare Protection Bill
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker says a new health care bill, announced during the State of the State message, will give Illinoisans an adva...
Mar 14, 2024
Bill in Springfield puts the spotlight on cold cases
Buckner has a bill allowing survivors to ask police to reopen a case if nothing’s happened after three years. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Cold case, cold comfort....
Mar 11, 2024
Bears would contribute $2 billion for domed lakefront stadium to replace Soldier Field, team president confirms
A source familiar with the team, according to the reports, says the lakefront site would replace Soldier Field and increase open space on the museum campus by 20%. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Imag...
Mar 11, 2024
Illinois pharmacists rally outside of state capitol
Rupesh Manek, of Rochelle, president of the Illinois Pharmacists Association, says the PBM's rip off the consumer and squeeze local pharmacists. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD &#...
Mar 05, 2024
