Category Archives: State News
Lawmakers cancel in-person session due to surge in COVID-19
Lawmakers will continue to meet virtually. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers continue to stay away from Springfield.The House and Senate announced Wednesday that t...
Jan 12, 2022
New legislation aims to prepare Illinois roadways for electric vehicles
State Rep. Robyn Gabel is sponsoring a bill to accommodate a day when more of us have electric cars. (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – New legislation in Illinois anti...
Jan 12, 2022
​State launches new COVID-19 vaccine campaign
The initial rollout features four videos from Illinoisans who were initially hestitant about getting the vaccine.(Twitter/Illinois Department of Public Health) By IIS RadioSPRINGFIELD – The stat...
Jan 12, 2022
House Speaker Chris Welch looks back on a year in the role
House Speaker Chris Welch spoke with WJBC’s Dave Dahl. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – A lot's happened in the past year, but it seems more has happened to Chris Wel...
Jan 11, 2022
Sen. Durbin: Biden administration is ‘way behind’ on distributing at-home COVID tests
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Illinois’ Senior Senator says President Biden’s plan of sending at-home COVID-19 test kits to Amer...
Jan 10, 2022
New bill makes assaulting a DCFS worker a more serious crime
One of the sponsors says this has been tried before. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – With the memory of the Jan. 4 stabbing death of an Illinois Department of Children and Family Serv...
Jan 10, 2022
Consumers and manufacturers in Illinois are debating Right to Repair
Illinois lawmakers are just getting started on this one. (WJBC file photo)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The Right to Repair movement – allowing customers and repair shops to bypass the manufac...
Jan 10, 2022
Illinois Republicans blaming Democrats for the lack of a legislative inspector general
Illinois Republicans are pointing the finger at Democrats for the lack of a inspector general. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – With another resignation, the Republican who ...
Jan 07, 2022
Sen. Durbin: Looking back on Capitol Insurrection “makes me sick to my stomach”
Sen. Durbin (D-IL) spoke on the Senate floor. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – On the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol Insurrection, Illinois’ Senior Senator say...
Jan 06, 2022
Some Republicans say Illinois is losing the war on crime
State Rep. Patrick Windhorst spoke during a news conference Wednesday. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – State Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) says the word's on the street - Illin...
Jan 06, 2022
