Category Archives: State News
Candidate filing for next year’s election is now closed
The lotteries – with real Illinois Lottery ping pong balls – to determine the ballot order are Dec. 13. The primary is March 19. (Photo courtesy ISBE/Facebook)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD ̵...
Dec 05, 2023
Season’s about over for Illinois farmers
(Facebook/Illinois Soybean Association)By USDASPRINGFIELD – There were 6.0 days suitable for field work during the week ending November 26, 2023. Statewide, the average temperature was 37.6 degr...
Nov 28, 2023
Illinois political candidates line up early to file nominating petitions
Some potential lawmakers lined up before 4 a.m. (Photo courtesy: Google Maps) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – A chilly Monday morning greeted Illinois candidates who began lining up before 4 a.m. Mon...
Nov 27, 2023
State insect displayed on newest Illinois specialty license plate
The population of the monarch butterfly has reduced by 90 percent in Illinois over the past two decades. (Trish Gussler/Flickr)By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – You can show your support for the offici...
Nov 16, 2023
Top Democrats in Illinois General Assembly share how to navigate politics
Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Chris Welch. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The men atop the two chambers of the Illinois General Assembly have some idea...
Nov 10, 2023
Mercury opens in Springfield
Mercury is in the old cigar shop at Sixth and Monroe, more recently used as a district office for Congressmen Darin LaHood and Aaron Schock. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A new consu...
Nov 10, 2023
Fall veto session recap from Springfield
House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna). (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The fall veto session has come and gone in Springfield with only one major accomplishment: allowing con...
Nov 10, 2023
Gov. Pritzker set to sign off on construction of new nuclear facilities
The House adjourned shortly after passing that bill. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The governor's office says he will sign a bill allowing – after 36 years –...
Nov 09, 2023
State Police Director provides an update on the shooting of a State Trooper last week
Brendan Kelly, the Director of State Police. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/File) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The state trooper injured during a traffic stop a week ago along Toronto Road suffered mor...
Oct 31, 2023
Both of the state’s big cash crops are more than 80 percent harvested
Corn harvested reached 81 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 77 percent. Soybeans harvested reached 89 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 82 percent. (Facebook/Illinois Soybean Associa...
Oct 31, 2023
