Category Archives: State News
Stephens: No reason to clamp down on bars and restaurants
State Rep. Brad Stephens (R-Rosemont) spoke during a virtual news conference this week. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – If any lawmaker knows about hotels, restaurants, and bars,...
Oct 30, 2020
Coalition of religious and union leaders push for graduated income tax
Proponents for the constitutional amendemnt gathered outside the Sangamon County Complex in downtown Springfield. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – With a week to go before the ele...
Oct 27, 2020
Pritzker, IDPH announce updated safety guidelines for winter sports
The updated guidance moves basketball from medium risk to high risk due to the close contact of players and indoor play. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleCHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker and the Il...
Oct 27, 2020
EPA trying to make Illinois’ drinking water safer
Kurt Thiede, the EPA's regional administrator for the Midwest. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A project in Springfield is a demonstration of what will be done all over the state...
Oct 27, 2020
IDPH reports 4,942 new COVID cases, highest single-day total
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleSPRINGFIELD – COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Illinois as public health officials Thursday re...
Oct 22, 2020
MCHD reports 34 new COVID cases; Positivity rate back above 4%
There are 14 McLean County residents currently hospitalized and 285 are in home isolation. (Facebook/Reditus Laboratories) By Neil DoyleBLOOMINGTON – McLean County’s rolling positivit...
Oct 22, 2020
Local lawmaker says it could take weeks before election results are in
State Rep. Dan Brady (R-Normal). (Photo courtesy: Scott Miller/WJBC)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – With more than 27 million votes cast by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one state lawmaker...
Oct 19, 2020
Meet the acting director of IDES
Kristin Richards, acting director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – What was she thinking?After the pandemic swamped the phone sy...
Oct 17, 2020
State’s corn and soybean harvests roughly halfway complete
Conditions are 68 and 66 percent good to excellent, respectively. (WJBC file photo) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Possible frost in the forecast might be incentive for Illinois farmers to step ...
Oct 14, 2020
IDPH reports first human West Nile virus death this year
Currently, 24 human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Illinois. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleSPRINGFIELD – A Chicago resident who became ill in mid-September and tested posit...
Oct 08, 2020
