Category Archives: State News

Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday signed the bill in Chicago. (Twitter/Governor JB Pritzker)By Dave DahlCHICAGO – The $50.6 billion state budget is ready to go, and with only Democratic support.Gov. JB...

Gov. JB Pritzker. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlFREEPORT – Gov. JB Pritzker insists he tries to be bipartisan – even though the votes for the budget were strictly from his party. Responding...

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton said Illinoisans care for one another. (WJBC File Photo)By Dave DahlPEORIA – The new state budget's social service initiatives – to take on homelessness and food ...

Maisch, married and the father of two, had been with the chamber since 1994 and its leader since 2014. (Photo Courtesy of Dave Dahl)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – One of Illinois' business leaders ha...

Gov. JB Pritzker visited the University of Illinois Springfield campus on Wednesday. (Facebook/University of Illinois Springfield)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – While preschool – the "Smart Sta...

House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna). (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Hopes of bipartisanship for 2023 were absent when it was time to vote on a budget, and the two leaders ...

By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Just after 2:30 Saturday morning, the Illinois House of Representatives followed the Senate in passing a $50.6 billion spending plan for the fiscal year which begins Ju...

Illinois Coalition against Sexual Assault CEO Carrie Ward made her case to the Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee, asking for another $12 million in state dollars to bring the state participatio...

The budget bill goes to the House, where the final reading can be no earlier than Saturday. It's possible that vote will be taken just after midnight Saturday morning. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPR...

That means lawmakers would be staying beyond Friday, though a legislative spokesperson called that “a deadline of convenience.” (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Not even eig...