Tuesday, June 30, 2009

The puzzle falls apart

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By Bethany Jaeger , Jamey Dunn and Hilary Russell Renewed hope and high spirits defined the transition from impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich ...
Monday, June 29, 2009

Pieces to the puzzle

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By Bethany Jaeger , with Hilary Russell and Jamey Dunn contributing The House easily approved a short-term borrowing scheme to fully pay the...
Friday, June 26, 2009

Governor signs bill to refinance debt

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By Bethany Jaeger Gov. Pat Quinn enacted one type of revenue source for the next fiscal year’s budget, which starts July 1. But there’s no b...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Budget not the only thing in limbo

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By Hilary Russell Just as the state’s operating budget is in limbo with five days left in the fiscal year, many substantive bills were left...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Everything in limbo

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By Bethany Jaeger, with Jamey Dunn and Hilary Russell contributing Illinois’ human service providers, as well as other state contractors, re...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Pension plan delays tax hike vote, for now

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By Bethany Jaeger, with Jamey Dunn and Hilary Russell contributing The latest scheme for the General Assembly to get closer to a balanced bu...
Monday, June 22, 2009

Quinn: Won't cut human service funding in half

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By Bethany Jaeger Without a state budget in place eight days before a new fiscal year starts, Gov. Pat Quinn said in Springfield on Monday t...
Friday, June 19, 2009

Note a possible pension plan

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By Bethany Jaeger Watch for a new pension proposal that could help buy some time for the state to recover from the economic slump and free u...
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No proof for perjury

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By Jamey Dunn U.S. Sen. Roland Burris will not face perjury charges in Sangamon County related to his testimony in January before the Illin...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Merit pay tops panel's recommendations

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By Jamey Dunn 
A bipartisan reform group raised the concern today that the majority of Illinois high-school graduates are not prepared for c...

Foster care children at risk

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By Hilary Russell If July 1 turns into a "doomsday" for state-funded human services, thousands of children in foster care could lo...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Little hope for compromise by July 1

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By Bethany Jaeger The General Assembly will return to the Capitol in a special legislative session Tuesday afternoon, seven days before a ne...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Quinn: Legislature should return next week

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By Bethany Jaeger, Jamey Dunn and Hilary Russell Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration is starting a full-court press to pressure state lawmakers ...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Helping hands for the legal profession

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By Hilary Russell In the legal community, rates of mental illness, including depression and substance abuse —especially alcoholism — are ris...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

New panel to look into UI admissions

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By Hilary Russell The exchange of contracts for political contributions, known as “pay-to-play” politics, may have extended itself into acad...
Tuesday, June 09, 2009

First cuts, then taxes

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by Jamey Dunn The top four legislative leaders and Gov. Pat Quinn agreed that they will have to cut spending from a budget that is severely ...
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Monday, June 01, 2009

June issue: A spectacular collapse

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Read the latest Illinois Issues magazine to read how the quest for the American Dream led to a national economic nightmare. Also read ...

More than just the budget

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By Bethany Jaeger Less than 12 hours after the Illinois General Assembly left the Statehouse without knowing how state government services w...
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Campaign finance reform headed to the gov

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By Jamey Dunn A bill that would limit campaign contributions for the first time in Illinois passed both chambers, but critics said the propo...

May 31 deadline certainly leaves uncertainty

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By Bethany Jaeger, with Hilary Russell and Jamey Dunn contributing The General Assembly approved a bare bones budget that funds human servic...