Category Archives: State News
Illinois stocking 80,000 trout for fall fishing season
Fishing license fees are paying for the state to stock 80,000 trout. (Photo Flickr/Sue Waters)By Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – If you don’t fish, you’re not on the hook to pay ...
Sep 16, 2017
Longtime Democratic leader Currie won’t seek reelection
Barbara Flynn Currie is the longest serving woman in the Illinois General Assembly. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov) By RFD Radio CHICAGO – The Illinois General Assembly has its biggest departure s...
Sep 15, 2017
Unemployment in Illinois jumps to 5 percent
Illinois trails the national jobless rate average of 4.4 percent. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Illinois Department of Employment Security) By RFD Radio SPRINGFIELD – Illinois employment security off...
Sep 15, 2017
Traffic deaths drop in Illinois during Labor Day weekend
Illinois State Police report five traffic deaths during the Labor Day weekend. (Photo courtesy Facebook/IllinoisStatePolice)By WJBC StaffSPRINGFIELD – Traffic deaths dropped by 78 percent over t...
Sep 13, 2017
Rauner’s education secretary leaves
Emily Bastedo has been named Illinois’ new education secretary. (Photo Pixabay) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner's education secretary is moving on to ...
Sep 12, 2017
Illinois helping relocate students and faculty from hard-hit St. Maarten
Illinois-based DeVry Institute bought American University in St. Maarten in 2011. (Google Maps photo) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network ST. MAARTEN – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency...
Sep 11, 2017
Rauner creates task force to battle opioid addiction crisis in Illinois
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an executive order Wednseday to create the Opioid Prevention and Intervention Task Force. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Bruce Rauner) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFI...
Sep 09, 2017
AG Madigan suing mobile park for unsafe water supply
In the EPA’s latest tests, the public waters tested positive for E. coli. By Sean Copeland CHICAGO– Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a suit against Country Lane Mobile Park i...
Sep 08, 2017
Judge rules former priest as ‘sexually violent’
Priest Daniel McCormack stands in a security line at 26th & Calif. to plead guilty to charges involving sexual abuse of five boys. (Photo courtesy of Brian Jackson/Sun-Times) By Sean...
Sep 08, 2017
Comptroller to Illinois schools: Checks in the mail
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said her office has started issuing checks to Illinois schools this week after a long-delayed state budget agreement. (Photo courtesy YouTube)By RFD RadioSPRINGFIEL...
Sep 08, 2017
