Category Archives: State News
Mayor Lightfoot wants state help
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot's request for state help with the city's projected budget deficit – specifically,...
Sep 01, 2020
Illinois starting to show up on NOAA Drought Monitor
Corn is twelve percent mature. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Despite the rain of this summer, parts of Illinois are starting to show up on the NOAA Drought Monitor."It's n...
Sep 01, 2020
Booker, Baldwin wow virtual brunch
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) tried to rally the troops during a virtual Illinois Democratic County Chairs' Association event Monday evening. (Photo courtesy: Dave Dahl/WJBC)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD &...
Sep 01, 2020
Lincoln speech now recognized on a plaque at Camp Butler National Cemetery
U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Many fans and scholars of Abraham Lincoln will tell you his Second Inaugural speech is one of his b...
Aug 26, 2020
Republicans calling for another Ethics meeting after lawmaker indicted
House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago). (Photo courtesy: WikiMedia/Illinoislawmakers)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Since the last time the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform met, a major...
Aug 24, 2020
Statues of two historic Illinoisans will soon be on the move
The statue of Stephen Douglas. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – The state’s evicting Pierre Menard and Stephen Douglas – their statues, anyway.The board of the Office ...
Aug 19, 2020
A call for tougher ethics
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) says the reform-minded bills can be called.(PHOTO:Dave Dahl) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD– With a multi-million-dollar influence-peddling case landing ...
Aug 19, 2020
Not everyone wants to talk about Mike Madigan
Representative Andr M. Thapedi (D) (PHOTO : Illinois General Assemply) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD– A member of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, State Rep. Andre Thapedi (D-Chicago) says ...
Aug 17, 2020
You still can’t vote often, but Illinois election authorities want you to do it early
Matt Dietrich, spokesman, Illinois State Board of Elections, says vote-by-mail is so 2020.(Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD– Vote-by-mail is so 2020 !!“We are in a u...
Aug 17, 2020
Illinois retailers upset about JCAR mask ruling
Rob Karr, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. (Dave Dahl/WJBC) By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois retailers are beyond unhappy with the decision to allow local authoriti...
Aug 12, 2020
