Category Archives: Decatur Radio

Senate Labor Committee Hears Testimony on IDES
The Senate Labor Committee heard testimony Wednesday regarding the ongoing problems at the Department of Employment Security, including fraudulent claims, delays in sending out benefits and a shrinkin...
Gina Volk Feb 18, 2021 Tom Shockey / CC

BREAKING: Mike Madigan to Resign
A report in the Chicago Sun Times and others, says that Former Illinois House Speaker and current State Representative Michael Madigan will resign his House seat that he has held for 50 years at the e...
Gina Volk Feb 18, 2021

Weather Causes Delays In Vaccine Deliveries To Illinois
Dangerous weather conditions are causing delays in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in Illinois. The US Department of Health and Human Services and Operation Warp Speed officials say the adverse weat...
Gina Volk Feb 18, 2021 KOMUnews / CC

Fingerprinting, Repeal, Back Again in FOID Fight
There could be a renewed effort to require fingerprints for applicants seeking a Firearm Owner Identification Card. Democratic state Sen. Ram Villivalam told the Chicago Tribune he plans to sponsor su...
Gina Volk Feb 18, 2021 Francisco Anzola / CC

Halbrook: Same Failed Policies in Budget Proposal
Instead of leading, State Representative Brad Halbrook of Shelbyville says Governor JB Pritzker is again proposing the same failed policies that have made Illinois one of the worst run states in the c...
Gina Volk Feb 18, 2021

Turner: Investments in Human Services Will Correct Systemic Failures Brought on by COVID-19
Following Governor JB Pritzker's budget address, State Senator Doris Turner offered the following statement: "The budget proposal from Governor Pritzker shows that he understands that crucial human se...
Gina Volk Feb 18, 2021

Budget Address Relies Heavy on Business Tax Increases
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is proposing tax increases on businesses just months after they led the charge against his progressive income tax initiative. Pritzker wants lawmakers' help in passing a budget that...
Gina Volk Feb 17, 2021

Urgent: Conservative Radio Host Rush Limbaugh Dead At 70
Longtime talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is dead. The 70-year-old passed away after a year-long battle with advanced lung cancer, a diagnosis he revealed was terminal just months ago. Limbaugh is widely...
Gina Volk Feb 17, 2021 Trump White House Archived

Man Arrested After Standoff with Decatur Authorities
Decatur police say a man is in custody after a four-hour stand off with authorities. Police say officers responded to a call in the eleven-hundred-block of Illinois Circle yesterday afternoon regardin...
Gina Volk Feb 17, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Three Scott's Law Crashes Yesterday
Illinois State Police are pleading with the public to drive safely after three Scott's Law crashes yesterday. One early yesterday morning left an ISP trooper seriously injured. The Move Over Law requi...
Gina Volk Feb 17, 2021 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC






