Category Archives: State News
Downstate State Senator says it’s time for Gov. Pritzker to get off the road and come back to Springfield
Senator Chapin Rose. (Photo courtesy: Chapin Rose) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Senate Democrats used the break between the two weeks of veto session Wednesday to deride Gov. JB Pritzker ...
Nov 02, 2023
State Police Director provides an update on the shooting of a State Trooper last week
Brendan Kelly, the Director of State Police. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/File) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The state trooper injured during a traffic stop a week ago along Toronto Road suffered mor...
Oct 31, 2023
Both of the state’s big cash crops are more than 80 percent harvested
Corn harvested reached 81 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 77 percent. Soybeans harvested reached 89 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 82 percent. (Facebook/Illinois Soybean Associa...
Oct 31, 2023
Advocates for disabled people employed in workshops want to preserve their subminimum wage
State Rep. Charlie Meier opposes a bill which would require workshops for the disabled to pay minimum wage. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Some advocates for disabled Ill...
Oct 28, 2023
Top public affairs officer from the Illinois National Guard describes Maui wildfire duty
Lt. Col. Brad Leighton is the public affairs director for the Illinois National Guard. (Photo courtesy: Illinois National Guard/Twitter) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The Maui wildfire was anything...
Oct 27, 2023
State lawmaker sponsoring bill for schools to have kosher and halal foods available
State Sen. Ram Villivalam (D-Chicago). (Facebook/State Senator Ram Villivalam)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A bill outlining how kosher and halal can be used in schools is too easy to inadvertently ...
Oct 26, 2023
State trooper wounded Tuesday night honored on House floor
The trooper remains in the hospital. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – A state trooper wounded during a Springfield traffic stop Tuesday was honored on the House floor the n...
Oct 25, 2023
Bill proposed in Springfield allows legislative staffers to form a union
Illinois Speaker of the House Chris Welch. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Illinois legislative staffers would be allowed to form a union… if a bill that’...
Oct 24, 2023
Gov. Pritzker attends anti-hate event, discusses attacks on innocent people
Gov. Pritzker (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – When Gov. JB Pritzker showed up Monday at an anti-hate event in Chicago, he invoked the name of the six-year-old boy killed i...
Oct 23, 2023
State lawmakers who represent Teutopolis are calling for safety measures
State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet). (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Dave DahlTEUTOPOLIS – The state lawmakers who represent Teutopolis have worked up legislation which they say would prevent acc...
Oct 23, 2023
