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16th District Congressman Adam Kinzinger joined the WROK Morning Show on Thursday for his monthly visit, and as usual, there was no shortage of topics for us to get into.

Wednesday, things get back to action down in Springfield. Will 2019 bring about some changes for the most powerful man in Illinois?

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Democrats are trying to line up votes to reverse Gov. Bruce Rauner on legislation they say will keep labor peace. The Republican governor vetoed the bill in July. It would provide for an arbitrator to step in if contract negotiations break down between the Rauner administration and workers represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner's office says lawmakers' plan to restore cuts to child care services shows Democrats' resolve to "claw their way to a massive tax hike." A House committee endorsed a Senate-approved measure Tuesday to restore child care for working parents...

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner joined us on the show this week to discuss where we stand in Springfield on getting a budget deal done. Rauner stressed to us that he's open to negotiate as long as lawmakers agree to go along with portions of his Turnaround Agenda...

WROK's Hugh Hewitt has returned from his fishing trip to Montana and is right back attacking the big issues of the day. Last night, U.S. Sen. Ton Cotton joined the program to discuss the (at that point) pending Iran deal and what tools are available for the House and Senate to stop such a bad deal...

 Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network The governor's office is preparing for life with an unbalanced budget. The governor's office say it'll close one or two juvenile justice facilities, close the Hardin County Work Camp in Cave-in-Rock, cut off LIHEAP funds, put the freeze on buying new police cars, ground state planes except for emergencies and close the state museums, in order to be ready Ju

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois' Democratic House speaker has introduced a plan combining the use of special funds and cuts to plug a $1.6 billion budget hole affecting subsidized child care programs, prisons and court reporters. Michael J...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A panel of top Democratic House lawmakers has been quietly meeting to discuss a proposed overhaul of Illinois' dated school funding formula, which, if approved, would direct more state money to poorer rural districts at the expense of wealthier suburban districts...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network With the legislature set to adjourn May 31 – a deadline in that it takes a three-fifths vote, rather than a simple majority, to pass things – Gov. Pat Quinn assigned himself the job of salesman, with the audience being the 71 members of the Illinois House Democratic Caucus...