Category Archives: Decatur Radio

(Springfield, IL) -- People with an opioid prescription may soon be able to get medical marijuana instead. An Illinois Senate panel yesterday approved a plan to allow anyone who gets a prescription fo...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers are about out of patience with the state agencies looking into the Legionnaires' outbreaks at the Quincy veterans home. A joint House and Senate panel yesterday...

(Springfield, IL) -- College presidents in Illinois are walking away from the state capitol with less money than they hoped for. The Illinois Board of Higher Education on Tuesday approved a nearly thr...

(Argenta, IL) -- On Tuesday morning, Olympic Gold Medalist Aaric Kendall put on his ice carving talents with a demo preparing the local community for things to come at the Second Annual Argenta Icefes...

(Springfield, IL) -- The plan to raise Illinois' smoking age to 21 is moving forward at the Illinois Capitol. Both House and Senate panels yesterday approved the idea. Advocates say by raising the smo...

(Springfield, IL) -- Voters in Illinois are going to have to wait a tiny bit longer to cast an early ballot for the March primary. The Illinois State Board of Elections yesterday told local election o...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' school managers say they hope to start sending schools across the state the money from Illinois' new school funding formula in April. However, the state's superintendent...

(Urbana, IL) -- A lot fewer people in Urbana are going to jail for having marijuana, but a lot more people are getting tickets. Urbana Police Chief Sylvia Morgan yesterday told city leaders that just ...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Democratic frontrunner in the race for Illinois governor is trying to explain the latest taped conversations with former Governor Rod Blagojevich. "The Chicago Tribune" last night...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is condemning the Republican candidate for Congress in one suburban Chicago district. Arthur Jones, who is a former Nazi Party member and a Holocaus...