Category Archives: State News
Cannabis sales in Illinois remain strong through 2023
There are currently 177 adult-use cannabis dispensaries in the state. (WJBC file photo)By WMBD-TVCHICAGO – Illinois has set a new annual record for the third consecutive year in cannabis sales.I...
Jan 12, 2024
Illinois Secretary of State encouraging drivers to visit the state website
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois secretary of state has a New Year's resolution for you: "Ditch the DMV."A...
Jan 11, 2024
Illinois House committee hears testimony about voter access ahead of state’s primary election
The Illinois primary is March 19. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – With the state's primary election a little more than two months away, and this being a presidential elect...
Jan 10, 2024
Gov. Pritzker joins Chicago business leaders to celebrate Illinois’ economic success
Gov. JB Pritzker spoke with business leaders Wednesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – It's been said that you had better toot your own horn, in case nobody els...
Jan 10, 2024
A new book examines our attitudes about our jobs
Your job does not have to be fun ... but you probably need it to help feed your family. Dave Dahl reports on a new book that looks at our relationship with our jobs. (Robert Bruno)By Dave DahlSPRINGFI...
Jan 10, 2024
Illinois Attorney General supports new Planned Parenthood Center in Carbondale
Illinois Attorney General Raoul. (Photo courtesy: Raoul/X) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – From Carbondale to Waukegan, Planned Parenthood of Illinois wants its facilities along Illinois' borders ...
Jan 08, 2024
Several Midwestern cities are going to be counted again like it’s 2020
Eleven small cities in Illinois and Iowa are the only municipalities so far to have signed agreements with the U.S. Census Bureau for a second count of their residents in 2024 and 2025, in a repeat of...
Jan 04, 2024
Over 45,000 Illinoisans missed in 2020 Census, Pritzker says
The review by the Bureau found that there were 733 Group Quarters and 123 dorms missed or undercounted in the 2020 Census. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By WMBD-TVCHICAGO – There are actually more ...
Jan 04, 2024
Comptroller Susana Mendoza takes a look back at 2023
Mendoza says almost everything on her list has to do with paying things off – and paying things off early. (WJBC file photo)By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – David Letterman would be proud.Illino...
Dec 28, 2023
Free speech getting questioned on college campuses
Lena Shapiro, inaugural director of the First Amendment Clinic at the University of Illinois College of Law, says free speech on campus is an area in which we must do better. (Pixabay)By Dave DahlSPRI...
Dec 28, 2023
