Category Archives: State News
Rauner signs bill reducing pot penalties in Illinois
(Photo by Dank Depot/flickr) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Possession of ten grams or less of cannabis in Illinois is now a civil violation instead of a criminal one, regar...
Jul 30, 2016
Legal battle heats up over effort to add IBS to medical cannabis program
Illinois is reconsidering irritable bowel syndrome as a condition for medical marijuana. (Photo by Brett Levin/flickr)By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Irritable bowel syndr...
Jul 29, 2016
Durbin dismisses governor talk
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s name has been mentioned as a possible candidate for Illinois Governor in 2018. (Photo by Illinois Radio Network)By RFD Radio/WFMBPHILADELPHIA – As democrats assembl...
Jul 29, 2016
Rep. Davis notes opposition at DNC
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis said the Democratic Party doesn’t appear to be unified. (WJBC file photo) By RFD Radio/WFMB WASHINGTON – Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is working w...
Jul 29, 2016
Illinois seeking new manager for lottery
(WJBC file photo) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Illinois is ready to find a new private manager and supplier for the Illinois Lottery. Gov. Bruce Rauner said the previous a...
Jul 28, 2016
State rep wants state universities to focus on specialties
By Illinois Radio NetworkDoes it make economic sense for each of Illinois’ nine public universities to offer philosophy degrees? How about anthropology? Are all of them offering communications d...
Jul 28, 2016
Health officials address Legionnaire’s outbreak at veterans home
Twelve residents have died of Legionnaire’s Disease at Quincy Veterans Home since last year. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Quincy Veterans Home)By Eric StockQUINCY – State and local health offi...
Jul 28, 2016
Blagojevich will appear at resentencing by video
Rod Blagojevich has served four years of his 14-year prison sentence. (WJBC file photo)By RFD Radio/WFMBSPRINGFIELD – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich won’t be singing Sweet Home Chica...
Jul 28, 2016
Researcher says delaying vendor payments hurts economy
By Illinois Radio Network CHICAGO- A delay in paying vendors could be directly impacting the state's economy. That's according to a researcher behind a new report from MIT and Harvard. A recent MIT Sl...
Jul 27, 2016
Legionnaire’s Disease returns to Illinois veteran’s home
Twelve residents have died of Legionnaire’s Disease at Quincy Veterans Home since last year. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Quincy Veterans Home)By RFD Radio/Scott Hardy, WTADQUINCY – The Illino...
Jul 27, 2016
