Category Archives: State News
Mask mandate lifted in Illinois
Gov. Pritzker spoke Monday during an event at Navy Pier in Chicago. (WJBC file photo)By IIS RadioCHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker celebrated the end of the state’s mask mandate with a stop by Na...
Mar 01, 2022
Governor speaks at Chicago peace rally for Ukraine
Gov. Pritzker’s great-grandfather left Kyiv, Ukraine for Chicago in 1881. (Twitter/Governor JB Pritzker)By IIS RadioCHICAGO – Gov. JB Pritzker and other elected officials joined a Chicago ...
Feb 28, 2022
Karr: Shopping malls are making a transition to other uses
Rob Karr, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The shopping mall – retail destination of the seventies and eighties – is ...
Feb 28, 2022
BGA developing report supported by Republicans surrounding Gov.Pritzker
"Just because he's the governor and he's a billionaire means nothing to any of us," said State Rep. Tony McCombie (R-Savanna). (Photo courtesy of Dave Dahl)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD-Republicans can't re...
Feb 25, 2022
Raoul announces final approval of $26 billion national opioid settlement agreement
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says the funds will be used to fight problems caused by addictive opiates.(Photo courtesy Illinois.gov)By IIS RadioCHICAGO – Illinois Attorney General Kwame...
Feb 25, 2022
Senate Republicans propose legislation to empower parents of schoolchildren
State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington). (Photo courtesy senatorbarickman.com)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Education bureaucracy has left parents behind, say Illinois Senate Republicans who want...
Feb 25, 2022
Illinois lawmaker can’t stay quiet any longer about the wrongfully accused
State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago). (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – A Black teenager from Waukegan – Martell Williams, 15 – was reportedly detained for two d...
Feb 25, 2022
Durbin: Russian President Vladimir Putin can expect some real punishment
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke to Illinois reporters on Thursday. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) was on his way out of Eastern Europe as Russia inva...
Feb 25, 2022
Prices could reach $4 per gallon by months end amid the Russia invasion
Patrick De Haan, Head of Petroleum Analysis at Gas Buddy spoke during a news conference on Thursday. By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Prices at the pump could pass $4 per gallon in the coming weeks, a...
Feb 24, 2022
Governor promotes his property tax rebate proposal in Central Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker pushed his property tax rebate proposal in Decatur Wednesday. (Twitter/Governor JB Pritzker)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The governor's road show – following his Feb. 2 budge...
Feb 24, 2022
