Category Archives: State News
Illinois Republicans react to the Com Ed Four verdicts
Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) (left). (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois Republicans were eager Tuesday evening to react to the guilty verdicts in the...
May 03, 2023
ISP provides update after Monday’s pileup on I-55 south of Springfield
Illinois State Police director Brendan Kelly. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A day after the chain reaction collision that killed six people along Interstate 55, State Police director...
May 02, 2023
Drive to lift up Illinois’ Black farmers
State Rep. Sonya Harper (D-Chicago) chairs the Illinois House Agriculture Committee. (Photo courtesy ilga.gov)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – When you think of a farmer, you probably don't think of a ...
May 01, 2023
State’s largest public employee union is pushing for a raise
DSPs and other frontline workers who care for people with disabilities met with lawmakers at the Illinois Capitol last week to lobby for fair wage increases. (Facebook/AFSCME Council 31)By Dave DahlSP...
May 01, 2023
Giannoulias has marked 100 days as Illinois Secretary of State
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Alexi Giannoulias has marked 100 days as Illinois secretary of state. We've heard the words modernization...
Apr 27, 2023
Illinois Senate Republicans introduce package of bills to fight crime, empower victims
State Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) at the mic. (Dave Dahl)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois Senate Republicans have a package of bills which they say will put the priority back on the victim...
Apr 25, 2023
Next mayor of Chicago addresses Illinois House and Senate
Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson was invited Wednesday to speak to a joint session of the General Assembly. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House and Senate Wednesday w...
Apr 20, 2023
State’s two big cash crops are above average this planting season
Statewide, the average temperature was 62.7 degrees, 11.5 degrees above normal. (Facebook/Illinois Farm Bureau)By USDASPRINGFIELD – There were 5.9 days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending ...
Apr 18, 2023
Illinois’ largest teachers union has a new president
Al Llorens, a math teacher from Dolton, is the new president of the Illinois Education Association. (Photo courtesy Illinois Education Association)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois' largest tea...
Apr 06, 2023
Certain professions face diminishing public respect
Kevin Leicht, a sociology professor at the University of Illinois, has written a book about how professions which require an advanced degree have lost their luster(photo courtesy of Pixabay)By Jake Fo...
Apr 03, 2023
