Category Archives: State News
Judge orders state to grant medical marijuana access for PTSD
PTSD has been added to the list of conditions eligible for medical marijuana in Illinois. (Photo by Mark/flickr) By RFD Radio/WFMB SPRINGFIELD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder victims now have a...
Jun 30, 2016
Illinois lawmakers continue talks on stopgap budget on final day of fiscal year
Rep. Tim Butler, R-Springfield, said he expects a budget agreement will include full funding for K-12 education.(Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov) By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD R...
Jun 30, 2016
Durbin critical of Cruz hearing on POTUS handling of ‘radical Islam’
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin spoke at a Senate hearing on terrorism on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Dick Durbin) By RFD Radio WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tx., may have left the presidential...
Jun 29, 2016
Volkswagen settles, drivers to get thousands
Illinois will receive $29 in a multi-state settlement with Volkswagen. (Photo courtesy Bruno Kussler Marques/flickr) By RFD Radio/WFMB SPRINGFIELD – Volkswagen has been dealing with a scandal su...
Jun 29, 2016
Chicago school funding at center of Illinois budget divide
Advocates for Chicago Public Schools staged a rally in May. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Chicago Public Schools) By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – State lawmakers could decide ...
Jun 29, 2016
Director of Illinois medical marijuana program resigns
Joseph Wright had served as director of the Illinois medical marijuana program for about one year. (Photo courtesy DankDepot/Flickr) By RFD Radio SPRINGFIELD – There is a changing of the guard a...
Jun 28, 2016
Remap proponents confident effort will survive legal challenge
Organizers of a push to have legislative maps drawn independently say they’ll survive a legal challenge this week. (Photo Facebook/Independent Maps)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIE...
Jun 27, 2016
Rauner: Lawmakers still debating stopgap budget, education funding
Illinois’ fiscal year ends June 30. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By Adam StudzinskiSPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner spoke in Springfield Monday morning about the need to pass a stopgap budget and ...
Jun 27, 2016
Chicago Bears’ legends coming to Illinois State Fair
The 2016 Illinois State Fair is scheduled Aug. 11-21. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Illinois State Fair) By RFD Radio/WFMB SPRINGFIELD – Fans of the 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl champions and classi...
Jun 27, 2016
Rauner signs Illinois ID law
Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a measure to create stricter standards for a state-issued ID card. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Bruce Rauner) By RFD Radio SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed leg...
Jun 27, 2016
