Category Archives: Decatur Radio

New Turner law to protect families of DCFS workers killed in the line of duty SPRINGFIELD - Families of Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) workers killed in the line of duty will receive s...

BECK FAMILY RENEWS SPONSORSHIP OF USTA PRO CIRCUIT EVENT DECATUR, Ill. -The Beck family of Decatur, Illinois, has once again agreed to sponsor the 2022 USTA/Ursula Beck Pro Tennis Classic, a men's UST...

Kinzinger Proposes Measure To Allow U.S. Military Intervention In Ukraine Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger is proposing legislation that would give congressional authorization to President Biden to...

UIS Reaches Tentative Agreement With Union Faculty Members A strike is being avoided after union faculty members at University of Illinois Springfield reached a tentative agreement with the university...

ETHANOL GAS Governors from eight Midwestern states, including Illinois, have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a permanent waiver that will allow each state to continue selling ethano...

Illinois Touts Higher Education Investments Illinois leaders are touting large investments in higher education. The 2023 state budget recently signed by Governor Pritzker includes a historic higher ed...

State officials are urging homeowners still struggling due to the pandemic to apply for housing assistance. Grants of up to 30 thousand dollars are available to help cover mortgage payments and proper...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is announcing another rise in COVID-19 cases last week and stresses the importance of therapeutics for those who do get sick. There have been more than 24 thou...

STUDENT LOANS Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis is among a group of Republicans seeking to stop the Biden administration's current pandemic freeze on federal student loan payments while also limiting ...

COUNTY INMATES COVID-19 is still affecting inmate intake at the Illinois Department of Corrections from county jails. County jails in Illinois are continuing to house convicted inmates longer than 10 ...