Category Archives: State News
Secretary of State announces transition group’s recommendations for improving the office
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. (Facebook/Alexi Giannoulias)By IIS RadioSPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is announcing his transition team's recommendat...
Jan 18, 2023
SNAP benefits will return to pre-pandemic levels in March
The SNAP program serves more than two million people in Illinois. (Facebook/Illinois Department of Human Services)By IIS RadioSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Human Services says enhance...
Jan 18, 2023
A pair of Springfield EMT’s reportedly “knew better and just didn’t care”
Now they are in another place they don't want to be: the Sangamon County jail, charged with first degree murder, on $1 million bond. (Photo Courtesy of Dave Dahl)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The De...
Jan 10, 2023
Illinois Senate passes its own version of an assault weapons ban
Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park). (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Hours after a Highland Park mother played a recording of a six-year-old shrieking away from gunfire, members ...
Jan 10, 2023
Gov. Pritzker delivers second inaugural address
JB Pritzker is governor of Illinois for a second time. He was sworn in on Monday. (Twitter/Governor JB Pritzker)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker ran down what mostly amounted to a "gre...
Jan 10, 2023
State Rep. Bennett to replace Senator in local General Assembly seat
Current 106th State Rep. Tom Bennett (R-Gibson City) will now take his place, receiving 87% of the vote from party chairmen. (WJBC file photo)By 25 NewsBLOOMINGTON – Local Republican leaders hav...
Jan 09, 2023
New Illinois General Assembly will collect more money than their predecessors
That nugget was buried in a bill which does many other things – for one, giving the governor a "closing fund" to help when businesses are considering whether to locate in Illinois. (WJBC file ph...
Jan 09, 2023
Springfield Democrat, who represents Central Illinois, is now a member of Congress
Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – You can now call her Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski. The Democrat is Springfield's newest member of Cong...
Jan 03, 2023
Illinois Attorney General taking some online sellers to court
Attorney General Kwame Raoul. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – If we're talking about fake product reviews, the Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says, "Zero Stars...
Jan 02, 2023
Illinois attorney general plans to appeal last week’s decision on no-cash-bail law
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The attorney general - without going into specifics as to why he thinks the judge in Kankakee was wrong to declar...
Jan 02, 2023
