Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Judge blocks lobbyist fee increase for nonprofits

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By Jamey Dunn Nonprofit organizations have been temporarily spared from paying thousands of dollars in fees to lobby Illinois lawmakers. A l...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Attorney general says Thomson sale would be legal

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Attorney General Lisa Madigan gave Gov. Pat Quinn the green light today to sell Thomson prison to the federal government without a vote from...

Human services providers seek cash flow

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By Jamey Dunn With five months in unpaid bills and some agencies predicting they will be unable to make payroll January 1, social service pr...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Feds to buy Thomson prison

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By Jamey Dunn The federal government agreed to purchase Thomson prison today amid ongoing controversies over moving suspected terrorists int...

Jamey Dunn returns to Illinois Issues

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Please welcome back to our staff Jamey Dunn, who began work this week as our visiting Statehouse bureau chief. Jamey was an intern for Ill...
Monday, November 09, 2009

Candidates line up in primary races for governor

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By Nicole Harbour The close of the filing period for the February 2 primary last Monday left a large pool of candidates for governor, includ...
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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