Category Archives: State News

Andrea Zopp is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Andrea Zopp)By John Gregory/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – One of the few policy differences betw...

House Democratic leaders may have had reason to believe they had enough votes to override a labor arbitration bill. (Photo courtesy RebootIllinois/YouTube)By IRN/Dave DahlEven a week later, we’r...

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis.(Photo by Joe Ragusa/WJBC)By Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) says a bi-partisan effort led by him and another Con...

Teachers spend hundreds of dollars of their own money on classroom supplies, according to a new study. (Photo courtesy Steven Depolo/flickr)By Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – ...

IDOT Secretary Randy Blankenhorn says Illinois should implement high-occupancy tolls. (Photo courtesy Flickr/Dougtone)By John Gregory/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – The state's transportation c...

(WJBC file photo)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Last week’s failure to override the governor’s veto of a labor-backed bill to add arbitration as a means of ending a...

(Flickr/Mike Mozart)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – The gas station could be a "no whining zone" these days, if the September AAA Fuel Gauge Report is any indication.The nationa...

State Rep. Lou Lang said he won’t try to override Gov. Rauner’s veto of an extension to the state’s medical marijuana program.(Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By John Gregory/Illinois Ra...

Ag Eagle displayed its drones at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur. (Photo courtesy Facebook AgEagle Ariel Systems)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkDECATUR – With the big combine and grain bin...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says 35 senators will support the Iran nuclear deal. (John Gregory/Illinois Radio Network)By IRN/John GregoryDemocrats in the U.S. Senate have enough votes to uphold a p...