Category Archives: State News
Drug addicts may be helped by new training
The hope is an overdose can be stopped with the drug. (eyemage/flickr)By CMS ServiceSPRINGFIELD – The lives of heroin addicts may be saved thanks to a new training program in Illinois.Naloxone c...
Apr 04, 2016
Third Party election candidates point out disparities in the process
(Joe Ragusa/WJBC)By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Last week was the first week that political parties other than Republicans and Democrats were able to circulate petitions to g...
Apr 04, 2016
Retail group opposes prescription requirement for pseudoephedrine
Oregon and Mississippi have laws requiring a doctor's prescription for consumers to get pseudoephedrine.(Photo by Karl Baron/flickr) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Battling ...
Apr 04, 2016
Contamination dangers lurking in Illinois wells
Water safety is something some Illinois residents forget to monitor. (WJBC File Photo)By RFD Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – If you get your water from your own well, you are on your own to make sure...
Apr 03, 2016
US Attorney: ‘Scalia might have impacted Blagojevich case’
Attorney Jon Gray Noll said he believes Scalia had great interest in the issues raised in the Rod Blagojevich case. (WJBC File Photo) By RFD Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Former Illinois Governor ...
Apr 01, 2016
Rauner: Democrats holding universities hostage to force tax increase
(Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Cole Lauterbach CHICAGO – Gov. Bruce Rauner said Democrats in the General Assembly are holding colleges like Chicago State University hostage to force a tax increase. "...
Apr 01, 2016
Kirk urges fellow Republicans to meet with Obama’s Supreme Court nominee
(Photo courtesy Facebook/Mark Kirk)By Julio Rausseo/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) crossed party lines Tuesday, as he became the first Republican to meet with Presi...
Mar 31, 2016
Political observers: Budget might not come until after November elections
(WJBC File Photo) By Greg Bishop/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Political observers don't foresee lawmakers accomplishing anything substantive on a plan to manage tax dollars this spring. ...
Mar 30, 2016
Rauner calls out state Democrats on school funding
Rauner says state Democrats of holding up education funding. (Photo courtesy Adam Studzinsky/WJBC)By Julio Rausseo/ Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO- Gov. Bruce Rauner agrees the funding formula for Illi...
Mar 29, 2016
Illinois Lottery continuing online sales
(Adam Studzinski/AS)By Cole Lauterbach/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Illinois' Internet and mobile app pilot program for lottery sales expired on Friday, but lottery officials are continui...
Mar 29, 2016
