Category Archives: State News
Illinois joins crackdown against aggressive debt collectors
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says her office receives complaints about debt collectors harassing people over debt which they have either already paid or didn’t owe in the first place. ...
Nov 05, 2015
Obama administration says TPP is a good deal for Illinois
(Photo Courtesy Flickr/JamesOMalley) By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – The Obama administration says Illinois will be a winner with the Trans-Pacific Partnership. USDA Secretary ...
Nov 04, 2015
Authorities: Fox Lake police officer committed suicide
(Photo courtesy Flickr/MattyRing) By John Gregory/Illinois Radio Network FOX LAKE – The death of an Illinois police officer which sparked a large manhunt has now been ruled a suicide. Fox Lake p...
Nov 04, 2015
Trump to stage rally in Springfield
Donald Trump will appear at a rally in Springfield on Monday. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/flickr)By Alex Degman/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally in Spring...
Nov 04, 2015
Former Illinois chief justice Fitzgerald dies
By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Former Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Fitzgerald died Sunday at 74.Fitzgerald’s 34-year judicial career included a decade on t...
Nov 04, 2015
Public health admins call for passage of $17.1 million appropriation
(WJBC file photo)By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Another byproduct of the state budget standoff: cutbacks in public health programs, from immunizations to restaurant inspections...
Nov 03, 2015
Martin out as Illinois Historic Preservation Agency director
There’s been an ongoing dispute over whether the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum should continue to be run by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. (WJBC file photo) By Dave...
Nov 03, 2015
Dry October helped Illinois farmers finish harvest
Illinois farmers have completed 96 percent of the corn and soybean harvests. (Photo by Carrie Muehling/WJBC) By John Gregory/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – Ninety-six percent of the state&...
Nov 03, 2015
Treasurer’s office sued over insurance company records request
Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs. (Will Stevenson/Illinois Radio Network)SPRINGFIELD – The state treasurer's office, due to a lawsuit, can't audit an insurance company to make sure policy holder...
Nov 02, 2015
Environment Illinois releases ‘scary water facts’
An Environment Illinois reports 12 billion gallons of contaminated water have flown into Lake Michigan since 2014. (Photo by Steve Johnson/flickr) By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD ̵...
Nov 02, 2015
