Category Archives: State News
Rauner signs education funding bill
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a $600 million emergency funding bill for higher education on Monday. (Facebook/Bruce Rauner) By FarmWeekNow/WFMB SPRINGFIELD – The bill that came together late last wee...
Apr 26, 2016
AFSCME, Rauner in court
AFSCME members staged a rally in Bloomington in June 2015. (WJBC file photo) By WFMB/FarmWeekNow.com SPRINGFIELD – An effort to get Illinois’ largest labor union and Gov. Bruce Rauner toge...
Apr 26, 2016
Illinois looking to increase liquor production with new bill
Noelle Diprizio and her husband Jay started Chicago Distilling Co. in 2013. (Photo Courtesy of giltcity.com) By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – One Illinois industry would s...
Apr 25, 2016
Audit slams Quinn anti-violence program
Former Gov. Pat Quinn launched the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative in 2010 during his campaign for governor. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Pat Quinn)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD –...
Apr 24, 2016
Illinois House approves plan to eliminate Lt. Gov. office
State Rep. David McSweeney supports abolishing the Lt. Gov. office. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate will get another crack a...
Apr 23, 2016
Lieutenant governor here to stay, for now
State Sen. Tom Cullerton said he’s heard bipartisan support to eliminate the Lt. Gov’s office. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By WFMB/FarmWeekNow.comSPRINGFIELD – A job once deemed so ...
Apr 22, 2016
Higher education funding falls apart
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan failed to bring a higher education funding proposal up for a vote on Thursday. (Photo courtesy IRN)By WFMB/FarmWeekNow.comSPRINGFIELD – One thing was for s...
Apr 22, 2016
Tampon tax bill advances
State Sen. Melinda Bush is sponsoring a measure to make feminine hygiene products and contraception more affordable for women. (Photocourtesy www.ilga.gov)By WFMB/FarmWeekNow.comSPRINGFIELD – Il...
Apr 22, 2016
Corn farmers push plan to install more ethanol pumps in Illinois
A proposal in the Illinois Senate would allow for federal money to be used for ethanol fuel pumps in Illinois. (Photo by Michael Cote’/flickr) By Greg Halbleib SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois e...
Apr 22, 2016
Illinois overpays $168M to local taxing bodies
State Sen. Sue Rezin said she is skeptical the state’s $168 million in overpayments were a mistake. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – It's n...
Apr 22, 2016
