Category Archives: State News
Help’s available for farmers who need mental health counseling
State Rep. Tim Butler was at a news conference outside the Illinois Department of Agriculture headquarters on the state fairgrounds in Springfield to help announce a state-funded help line for farmers...
May 11, 2022
State leaders hold annual firefighter’s memorial ceremony
Jim Grady, retired Frankfort fire chief, presided over Tuesday's Illinois fire memorial ceremony. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/Springfield) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – A warm, hazy morning Tuesday ...
May 10, 2022
State and contractors working to be more diverse and inclusive
Jonathan McGee, director of the Office of Business and Workforce Development for the Illinois Department of Transportation, is part of an IDOT conference in Springfield to get the state and its vendor...
May 09, 2022
New law aims to protect students with outstanding fees
The law takes effect immediately. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake Haas and IISBLOOMINGTON – A new state law will ensure public high school students are not negatively affected by any outsta...
May 09, 2022
LaHood and Osman discuss electric vehicles
Ray LaHood was on a panel discussion at the Illinois News Broadcasters Association convention in Peoria, as was IDOT secretary Omer Osman. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – As fewer peop...
May 09, 2022
Illinois auditor general report blasts Pritzker administration’s response to COVID outbreak in LaSalle
Gov. JB Pritzker. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – In what Republicans surely see as an election-year gift, the Illinois auditor general is blasting the Pritzker administration's respon...
May 06, 2022
State’s annual police memorial ceremony
Eleven more names will be added to the police memorial on the Capitol's southwest lawn, normally the site of the ceremony the first Thursday of every May. Rain moved the proceedings into the Illinois ...
May 06, 2022
Gov. Pritzker signs legislation for a pension buyout plan
Gov. Pritzker signed the legislation on Thursday. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/File) By Blake Haas and IISSPRINGFIELD – State government employees now have a few more years to take advantage of a ...
May 05, 2022
U.S. Transportation Secretary makes a stop in Joliet
Gov. JB Pritzker and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. (Twitter/Governor JB Pritzker)By Dave DahlJOLIET – We're on a one-way route – to electric vehicles. And the public and co...
May 05, 2022
Sen. Durbin: Leaked document ‘changes’ upcoming election
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. (Photo courtesy: Dick Durbin/Twitter) By Blake HaasWASHINGTON – Illinois Senior Senator is lashing out at Republicans after a document leaked from the Supreme Court sug...
May 04, 2022
