Category Archives: State News
CTBA director shares thoughts on state revenue fixes
By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – If you want to know where to find some money for state government, Ralph Martire has some ideas. The executive director of the Center for Tax an...
May 11, 2015
Study: Gas tax best way to fund Illinois roads
Illinois’ 19-cents per gallon gas tax, was set in 1990. (Photo by Mike Mozart/flickr)By Jim Anderson/Illinois Radio NetworkCHAMPAIGN – What's the best way for Illinois to pay for roads? Th...
May 11, 2015
Durbin calls for new renewable fuel requirement
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to set the renewable fuel requirement for 2014, 2015 and 2016. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Dick Durbin)By Jim Anderson/Illinois Radio N...
May 11, 2015
College Illinois enrollment deadline delayed
The deadline to enroll in College Illinois has been pushed back to June 1. (Photo courtesy Flickr/401(K)2013) By Joe Ragusa BLOOMINGTON – Parents looking into the College Illinois savings progra...
May 10, 2015
Illinois sets tourism record
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity reports the state saw a record107 million domestic travelers in 2014. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Illinois Governor’s Office on Tourism)...
May 09, 2015
Rauner agrees with Supreme Court pension ruling
Gov. Bruce Rauner says he agrees with the Illinois Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the state's 2013 pension restructuring law. (Photo by Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Jim Anderson/Illinois Radio ...
May 09, 2015
Illinois Supreme Court: Pension reform unconstitutional
(WJBC file photo) By RFD News Network SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that pension reforms passed by lawmakers in 2013 are unconstitutional. In the unanimous decision Friday t...
May 08, 2015
Kirk wanted Israel recognition in Iran nuclear deal
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk was among the 98 senators who supported a bill allowing Congress to review the final Iran nuclear deal. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Mark Kirk)By John Gregory/Illinois Radio NetworkCHI...
May 08, 2015
Madigan to call for right-to-work vote
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has called for a vote next week on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s right to work proposal. (WJBC file photo)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – As s...
May 08, 2015
Fallen police officers honored in Springfield
(Photo courtesy Flickr/MattyRing) By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Oak Forest police officer James Morrissy left behind a legacy – a "blueprint" for how the job should be ...
May 07, 2015
