Friday, October 30, 2009

Veto session wrap-up and goodbye

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By Bethany Jaeger This will be my last post as Illinois Issues Statehouse bureau chief. I am moving on to the private sector to be a managem...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

One more step in campaign finance reform

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By Bethany Jaeger The Illinois General Assembly has been here before. Lawmakers are on the verge of making history by approving legislation ...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Cemetery bill aims to end hodge-podge regulations

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By Bethany Jaeger All cemetery owners, managers and employees, including those hired to trim trees or maintain cemetery grounds, would have ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Back to borrowing

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By Bethany Jaeger Gov. Pat Quinn could propose borrowing roughly $1 billion for the third time since May to keep the state operating through...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Quinn seeks a full term as governor in 2010

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By Bethany Jaeger At this time last year , Rod Blagojevich was governor and battling with the state legislature to restore funding to human ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Operation Board Games gets another witness

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By Bethany Jaeger Alonzo “Lon” Monk is cooperating in the ongoing investigation into extensive political corruption in former Gov. Rod Blag...

UIUC chancellor Herman resigns

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By Bethany Jaeger Fallout from the University of Illinois’ clout-heavy admissions process has reached another administrator. Urbana-Champaig...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

MAP grant funding up in the air

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By Bethany Jaeger Antonio Boyzo is one semester away from graduating from the University of Illinois Chicago. Having worked his way up from ...

Power to recall governors "up to the people"

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By Bethany Jaeger When voters head to the polls November 2, 2010, they’ll vote on who they want to represent them in the General Assembly, w...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Campaign finance "redo" in limbo

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By Bethany Jaeger Two months ago, Democratic and Republican legislators stood next to Gov. Pat Quinn and agreed to start over on drafting a...
Friday, October 02, 2009

No Games for Chicago

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By Bethany Jaeger Chicago’s quest to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games is over. The Windy City was eliminated in the first round of voting ...

October issue: Jerry Stermer, "Voice for the man"

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Get a glimpse of who helps shape Gov. Pat Quinn's agenda and style in the October edition of Illinois Issues magazine . Maureen McKinne...
Monday, September 28, 2009

AFSCME layoffs stopped for now

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By Bethany Jaeger About 500 state employees who anticipated losing their jobs Wednesday are on hold. A southern Illinois judge this morning ...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The elusive standard of charitable care

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By Bethany Jaeger The Illinois Supreme Court has to decide which standard to use when considering a highly anticipated case about what not-f...
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Friday, September 18, 2009

Plan to release 1,000 prisoners unveiled

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By Bethany Jaeger About 1,000 prisoners who committed non-violent crimes will start being released from the Illinois Department of Correctio...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Super-max prison reforms proposed

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By Bethany Jaeger One of the state’s maximum-security prisons designed to hold the most disruptive and violent offenders has a new set of ru...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Chris Kelly pleads guilty to O'Hare scheme - UPDATED UPON HIS DEATH

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By Bethany Jaeger Christopher Kelly , a close adviser and fundraiser for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich , died Saturday, September 12, just day...
Friday, September 04, 2009

UI board of trustees complete

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By Bethany Jaeger After months of being under a cloud of an alleged scandal that led seven trustees to resign, the University of Illinois bo...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Hynes challenges Quinn and his tax plan

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By Bethany Jaeger The Democratic primary election between Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes gained another dynamic Wednesday...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009

September issue: Out with the Old — NCLB

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Check out the September edition of Illinois Issues magazine . Find a profile of Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno, who has taken her ...