Monday, March 29, 2010

Illinois loses first leg of Race to the Top

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By Rachel Wells If Illinois wants money for education reform from the federal Race to the Top program, it’s going to have to reapply. State ...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Democrats name Simon as lt. gov candidate

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By Jamey Dunn The Democrats named Sheila Simon as their lieutenant governor candidate today. Simon is a law professor from Carbondale who h...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Quinn wants Simon as running mate

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn confirmed Shelia Simon as his pick for the Democratic lieutenant governor candidate at a Chicago news conferenc...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Two 'pillars' taking shape

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By Jamey Dunn Two major components of the five “pillars of recovery” proposed by Gov. Pat Quinn in his budget plan are headed to his desk. ...

New hiring tax credit passes both chambers

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By Rachel Wells A bill heralded as a jobs creation measure heads to Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk, following approval by the Senate this morning and...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Pension reform passes both chambers

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By Jamey Dunn A pension reform bill to create a two-tiered benefits system for state retirement systems moved swiftly and successfully thro...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

State police expect layoffs and closures

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By Jamey Dunn Budget cuts proposed by Gov. Pat Quinn would close five state police district headquarters throughout the state and could leav...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Supreme Court keeps locks open

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By Rachel Well s The U.S. Supreme Court will not force immediate closure of two Chicago waterways locks. Justices had denied a similar motio...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Cuts could hurt Race to the Top application

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By Rachel Wells A day after state officials presented their case in Washington, D.C. , the state superintendent of schools said cuts to educ...

Nonprofit hospital not exempt from local tax

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois Supreme Court issued a ruling today that could affect nonprofit hospitals across the state and eventually lead t...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Primary date moved back

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill into law today that moves the state primary election back to the third Tuesday in March. The Ge...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Conversation starters

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By Jamey Dunn A group of female lawmakers and social services leaders called on legislators and Gov. Pat Quinn today to raise revenues and s...
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List of demands

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By Jamey Dunn Republicans have long been calling for cuts and reforms before they will consider a tax increase. House Republicans mapped out...
Friday, March 12, 2010

Legislative scholarship reforms head to governor

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By Rachel Wells A plan to reform the General Assembly scholarship program — which some call a political perk — is on its way to the governo...
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Quinn takes his budget to school

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn is using his bully pulpit to try to get support for a tax increase that he says is needed to avoid deep cuts to...

Green Party candidate outlines budget plan

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By Rachel Wells Green Party candidate Rich Whitney today said that if elected governor, he would fix the state’s $13 billion budget problem ...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Education cuts or a tax increase

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn proposed to increase the state income tax by 1 percentage point during his budget address today, saying the mo...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010

"Don't count on that"

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By Jamey Dunn Budget numbers that Gov. Pat Quinn’s staff presented at a media briefing this evening do not assume an income tax increase. “T...
Friday, March 05, 2010

Brady accepts Republican nomination

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By Jamey Dunn Sen. Bill Brady from Bloomington accepted the Republican nomination for governor today. Sen. Kirk Dillard, a Hinsdale Republic...

Brady wins Republican governor nomination

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Bloomington Sen. Bill Brady beat out his opponent Sen. Kirk Dillard from Hinsdale by 193 votes for the Republican nomination for governor. ...