Category Archives: State News
Several Midwestern cities are going to be counted again like it’s 2020
Eleven small cities in Illinois and Iowa are the only municipalities so far to have signed agreements with the U.S. Census Bureau for a second count of their residents in 2024 and 2025, in a repeat of...
Jan 04, 2024
Over 45,000 Illinoisans missed in 2020 Census, Pritzker says
The review by the Bureau found that there were 733 Group Quarters and 123 dorms missed or undercounted in the 2020 Census. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By WMBD-TVCHICAGO – There are actually more ...
Jan 04, 2024
Route 66 adding attractions in Springfield
You can get your kicks – if not a tank of gas – coming soon to one of Springfield's Route 66 attractions. (Photo Courtesy of Rhys Martin via National Park Service)By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD ...
Dec 22, 2023
Illinois small businesses holding grudge with federal government
Noah Finley, Illinois state director, National Federation of Independent Business, says small businesses are more pessimistic than they were a year ago about how the American economy is doing. (WJBC F...
Dec 21, 2023
Former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger says the aftermath of the 2020 election may have started a trend
Kinzinger says our democracy rests on the compact that we all play by the same rules. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Adam Kinzinger)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – "I consider myself ... politically homeles...
Dec 15, 2023
Governor hosts menorah-lighting ceremony in Springfield
Gov. JB Pritzker spoke with reporters Thursday at the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – When it was time to light a menorah Thursday afternoon on...
Dec 15, 2023
Candidates for March primary election in Illinois assigned their spots
The primary election is March 19. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The process of determining which candidates place where on the Illinois primary election ballot is high-tech enough t...
Dec 14, 2023
New pilot program provides Cook County inmate with state ID cards
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Because it's easier to get a job or a place to live when you have a state ID card, a new pil...
Dec 11, 2023
State holds official Pearl Harbor remembrance at Lake Springfield
The customary tossing of a wreath into the lake concluded the ceremony. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – 82 years after the "day that will live in infamy," the Illinois Department of Ve...
Dec 08, 2023
Illinois Gaming Board boasts historic year, passes new rules in final meeting of 2023
The Board also approved language for the responsible gaming signs that gaming locations have to post in order to comply with the new Video Gaming rule which requires the posting of responsible gaming ...
Dec 08, 2023
