Bishop On Air

Bishop reviews an upcoming U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing in Chicago this morning focusing on Windy City violence.

Bishop takes calls about the prospects states, including Illinois, could attempt to use the 14th Amendment to block former President Donald Trump from primary and general election ballots.

Bishop further reviews data obtained by Awake Illinois showing more Illinois school districts opting out of the National Sex Ed Standards last year than the year before.

Bishop reviews Monday's ruling from Washington state where a judge denied a preliminary injunction against that state's magazine ban. That runs contrary to Friday's ruling out of California. This, as former president Donald Trump tours a gun store on the other side of the country.

Bishop talks with Amy Beadle with Visit Springfield about a cornucopia of events for family and friends and ghost and goblins.

Bishop talks with Kaila Kirbach with the Sangamon County Department of Public health about area health providers offering free mammogram screenings every Monday in the month of October.

Bishop talks with Shannon Adcock, founder of parents' rights group Awake Illinois, about their findings of how many school districts are not opting into controversial sex ed standards.

Bishop shares comments, including from NAACP Illinois State Conference President Teresa Haley, in reaction to a recent study showing Illinois lowest ranked for racial equality.

Bishop talks with Chicago reporter William Kelly about the record number of migrant busses arriving to The Windy City this weekend as more robberies make headlines.

Bishop reviews some of the back and forth over the first week of the end of cash bail while around 200 criminal defendants found unfit for trial remain behind county jail walls instead of at a state-run mental health facility.

Bishop reviews how Friday's ruling out of California that that state's ban on magazines over 10 rounds is unconstitutional could impact Illinois' pending challenge lingering in the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

Bishop reviews a recent Illinois Supreme Court case where a cyclist is suing the city after hitting a pothole.

Bishop reviews the back and forth over President Joe Biden set to create the "Gun Violence Prevention Office" as Illinois' "Office of Firearms Violence Prevention" already on the books.

Bishop talks with young professionals Nick Gentile and Kaitlin Coultas with RISE Springfield about the group's professional clothing drive

Bishop talks with Teresa Haley, Illinois State Conference President of the NAACP, about a U.S. Senate committee advancing a measure to recognized the 1908 race riot in Springfield that spurred the creation of the NAACP.

After talking with officials from Springfield Clinic over their concerns of Blue Cross Blue Shield offerings, Bishop shares a statement from BCBS Illinois.

Bishop reviews the arguments made in front of the Illinois Supreme Court over whether the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects health care employers from lawsuits by employees under the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

Bishop talks with state Rep. Dan Ugaste about a recent study placing Illinois last in racial equality and how he says policies from majority Democrats are not helping.

Bishop talks with Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell about the first week of the end of cash bail and other issues impacting the county jail.

Bishop reviews the latest situation for Venezuelans seeking asylum in Illinois, the cost of base-camp tents in Chicago and what kind of oversight on the humanitarian and spending issues there'll be.

Bishop talks with Zach Kerker and Cal Thomas from Springfield Clinic about areas state legislators requesting regulators to bring more action against insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois over network adequacy issues.

Bishop talks with Mark Hanna of the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport Authority about Breeze Airways bringing flights to Florida.

Bishop shares comments from ALEC's Jonathan Williams about their most recent study of public sector pensions placing Illinois with the second-highest public sector pension debt per capita.

Bishop talks with Ryan McCrady from the Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance about the Scheels Sports Complex at Legacy Pointe breaking ground.

Bishop reviews the latest communications members of Congress are sending the U.S. Treasury over tax credits being lined up for a Chinese-linked company.