Showing posts with label fund sweeps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fund sweeps. Show all posts
Friday, May 30, 2014

Budget postpones tax debate until after election

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By Jamey Dunn The Senate approved the budget bills passed by the House earlier this week, essentially delaying the debate over a tax incre...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

House approves increased revenue estimate for next fiscal year

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By Jamey Dunn The House approved an increased estimate of the revenue the state will bring in next fiscal year. The new projection will m...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Budget "middle road" paved with short-term fixes

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By Jamey Dunn The House passed what some have dubbed a “middle of the road” budget, which keeps many areas of state government funded at c...
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Thursday, March 07, 2013

Quinn signs fee increase for doctors

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By Meredith Colias Doctors will have to pay more in fees so a state agency can continue to investigate and license them. Senate Bill 622...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

House misses deadline on doctor licensing fees

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By Meredith Colias The state agency that licenses doctors says it needs budget relief to ensure that a new crop of doctors coming to the s...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Senate approves fee increase for doctors

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois doctors would pay more for their licenses under legislation passed in the state Senate today. Supporters of the inc...
Thursday, February 07, 2013

Quinn signs spending bill

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn signed a spending bill today that will avert layoffs in the Illinois Department of Children and Family Servic...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

House Dems paint picture without tax hike

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By Bethany Jaeger, with Hilary Russell contributing House Democrats maintain that without Republican votes, an income tax increase is likely...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Smoking ban and budget restorations

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Smoking ban finally could get some rules By Hilary Russell The legislature finally attempted to clarify the statewide smoking ban that took...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Partial restorations and restored hope

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State parks could remain open, but historic sites definitely would not. And substance abuse treatment services would receive the $55 million...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Nervous energy and four-point plans

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The national economic doom and gloom is starting to cast ominous clouds on existing state budget problems, leading Gov. Rod Blagojevich and ...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Only half way there ...

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... With a long way to go. Gov. Rod Blagojevich approved a way to restore money that was cut from the state budget earlier this year, but hu...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Warning: Rocky road still ahead

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State parks and historic sites would stay open. Substance abuse prevention and treatment services would avoid losing $55 million in state fu...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

Pay-to-play ban becomes law

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Monday did become Ethics Day. After three years of back-and-forth, the Illinois House and Senate finally agreed and enacted landmark ethics ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

"Where's the beef?"

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In a whirlwind session Wednesday, the Illinois House restored funding to prevent state parks and historic sites from closing and hundreds of...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

More of the same

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Most state agencies and services will remain funded at or below the same levels as last year, with slight increases for such items as educat...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Let's be clear

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Yes, Gov. Rod Blagojevich cut $1.4 billion out of the state budget, but even House Minority Leader Tom Cross recently said the governor didn...
Monday, July 14, 2008

Tough times

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The waiting list we told you about in June in Illinois Issues magazine could get worse if the General Assembly doesn’t override the govern...
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