Category Archives: State News
Illinois lawmakers pass human services spending
Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin tried unsuccessfully to get an amendment passed to a human services bill to provide funding for the Illinois Department of Corrections. (Photo courtesy Facebo...
May 13, 2016
Illinois House offers stop-gap funding for human services
Illinois House Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang says money that is devoted for human services – if approved – can’t be taken by the Rauner administration and used for state operations...
May 12, 2016
Rauner yet to act on bill removing him from AFSCME talks
(Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Illinois government workers represented by AFSCME are expected to be back at the statehouse next week, to once again ask lawmakers ...
May 11, 2016
Legislation proposes steps for early identification of sepsis
Hospitals would be required to take earlier steps to identify sepsis under legislation moving through the Illinois House. (WJBC file photo) By Greg Halbleib A bill requiring hospitals to take extra st...
May 11, 2016
Lawmaker group gives insight to budget impasse
State Sen. Daniel Biss was one of the legislators who spoke. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov) By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radion Network CHICAGO – A panel of state lawmakers at the City Club of Chi...
May 10, 2016
Democrats, advocates fight Rauner attempts to gain more budget powers
State Rep. Christian Mitchell says social service groups face too much uncertainty over the state budget impasse. (Photo courtesy ilga.gov)By Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Raune...
May 10, 2016
Auditor general takes heat over campaign spending questions
Some lawmakers are questioning some of Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino’s campaign expenses while he was in the Illinois Senate. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Farm Week Now/WFMBSPRINGFIE...
May 08, 2016
Independent maps group submits 570,000 signatures
The group Independent Map Amendment has submitted 570,000 signatures in an attempt to get a measure on the Illinois ballot to change the legislative map-making process. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Illino...
May 07, 2016
Retailers say tobacco age hike will cost them business
A retailers group says their stores near the Illinois borders will lose business if the state’s legal tobacco age is raised from 18 to 21. (Photo by julie/flickr) By Illinois Radio Network SPRIN...
May 06, 2016
Jesse White joins chorus for ending statue of limitations on child sex abuse
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is calling for the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases to be removed. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Jesse White) By FarmWeekNow/WFMB SPRINGFIELD – ...
May 06, 2016
