Category Archives: State News
Rauner replaces Godinez as IDOC director
By Metro News Service SPRINGFIELD – A search is ongoing to find the next head of the state's prison system. Gov. Bruce Rauner's office replaced S.A. "Tony" Godinez as the dir...
Mar 04, 2015
Illinois lawmakers push bill to combat growing heroin problem
By Metro News Service SPRINGFIELD – Some state lawmakers are pushing legislation they believe could help alleviate a growing heroin problem in Illinois. A plan was laid out Monday that if approv...
Mar 03, 2015
Pension overhaul law could hurt ex-Gov. Quinn
Ex-Gov. Pat Quinn is collecting $137,000 pension. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC) By Metro News Service SPRINGFIELD – Former Gov. Pat Quinn could see his six-figure pension go down if a law he signed i...
Mar 03, 2015
AG Madigan issues list of top complaints received by her office in 2014
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says debt and identity theft top the list of complaints her office received in 2014. (WJBC file photo) By John Gregory/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD –...
Mar 02, 2015
Soda tax proposal pops up again
By Dave Dahl/Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD – The governor's distaste for new taxes has not put a cork in the enthusiasm of those who back a tax on sugary drinks in Illinois. A bill for...
Mar 02, 2015
February 7th coldest on record
Bloomington-Normal saw 13 inches of snow in February. (Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By RFD News Network CHICAGO – It was cold last month, just not record cold for most places. State Climatologist Jim A...
Mar 02, 2015
Illinois politicians mark Casimir Pulaski Day
Casimir Pulaski was a Polish nobleman who fought as a general in the American Revolution. (Photo courtesy Flickr/rcgtrrz)By Jim Anderson/Illinois Radio NetworkCHICAGO – Monday is Casimir Pulaski...
Mar 02, 2015
Durbin, Kirk back immigration reform once DHS funding issue resolves
U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk say they want to address immigration reform separate from Homeland Security funding which had been held in limbo. (Photo courtesy Facebook/Mark Kirk) By John Grego...
Mar 02, 2015
Amtrak service could drop under Rauner’s proposed budget
Amtrak's Lincoln Service that passes through Uptown Station in Normal has increased 25 percent over the last five years. (Photo by Beth Whisman/WBC) By Metro News Service SPRINGFIELD – Amtr...
Mar 02, 2015
Ex-Gov. Quinn plans to return to consumer advocacy
Pat Quinn said he doesn't have any plans to seek public office again after leaving the governor's office. (Photo by Carrie Muehling/WJBC) By John Gregory/Illinois Radio Network CHICAGO ̵...
Mar 02, 2015
