State News

Springfield, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Summer Employment Opportunities Offered for College, Trade, Grad and Law Students Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias' office is now accepting applications for its third-annual summer job program. Approximately 150 positions are available for college, trade school, graduate ...

Springfield, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan that would create a task force on ADA requirements for prisons in the state. The task force would study number of inmates in correctional facilities who have sight, hearing and mobility issues and create the best accommodations for them. They ...

Springfield, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Illinois lawmakers are moving forward with a controversial bill that would place regulations on homeschooling in the state. Hundreds of opponents to the measure rallied at the State Capitol building as the bill was approved by the House Education Policy Committee. Under the legislatio...

Springfield, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Major upgrades are coming to Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site in Menard County. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Capital Development Board announced eight-million-dollars for improvements to the popular recreated log village where young Abraham Linc...

Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- President Trump is claiming some of former President Biden's pardons are invalid. In a Truth Social post early Monday, Trump said he was declaring Biden's pardons for members of the January 6th House select committee "void, vacant, and of no further force or effect, because of the ...