Category Archives: State News

If you become a man or woman on the moon, you could be living in a creation from Rockford which has been named the “coolest thing made in Illinois” in the Makers Madness contest. (Twitter/...

It was a sea of yellow shirts in downtown Springfield as the Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day made up what is typically the biggest rally of the year at the statehouse. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRING...

Judy Johnson of Springfield. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Backers of a bill to hold the out-of-pocket cost of insulin at $35 for a month's supply brought out a retiree to make their...

A group which tries to elevate the teaching profession spent some time at the Illinois Capitol this past week. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – We've been hearing about the teacher sho...

State Rep. Maurice West II (D-Rockford). (Facebook/State Representative Maurice West)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – You probably can't write the history of Illinois without including Native Americans...

The bill, which has passed the Senate, would create a commission to field public input about the possibility. (Facebook/Governor JB Pritzker)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – State Sen. Doris Turner (D-...

The bill is sponsored by State Rep. Sharon Chung (D-Bloomington). (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Given the abundance of possibilities, you would think it would be difficult to select...

The Illinois House passed a bill which would deny state grants to libraries which go along with book bans. (WJBC File Photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The discussion of book banning has entered t...

Just before the Capitol rally, pro-choice forces counter-rallied on the lawn of the Illinois State Library across the street. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Opposite sides of Second S...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Protection for whistleblowers is the topic of a bill the attorney general is calling attention to. "Fear of reta...