Thursday, April 29, 2010

Remap fails in the House

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By Jamey Dunn As expected , the Democrats’ constitutional amendment to change the way Illinois draws its voting districts failed today. Hou...

Lawmakers approve FOIA exemptions

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By Rachel Wells Public employee evaluations would be sealed to the public if Gov. Pat Quinn signs a measure that opponents say would roll b...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Redistricting vote bumped to tomorrow

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Illinois House members say they will not vote on the Democrats' redistricting plan until tomorrow. House Speaker Michael Madigan and Ch...

Autism rises as state cash flow drops

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By Rachel Wells Mary Kay Betz, a director at the Autism Society of Illinois, was once told that her son Riley would never speak. Today, he r...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Redistricting status quo looks likely

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois’ next legislative district map could be determined by the luck of the draw, yet again. With a Democratic redistrictin...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Supreme Court will not close Chicago locks

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By Rachel Wells The U.S. Supreme Court will not reopen a nearly 100-year-old lawsuit, as requested by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, wh...
Friday, April 23, 2010

Brady makes tax returns public

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By Jamey Dunn The Republican candidate for governor, state Sen. Bill Brady, made his tax returns availed to reporters for three hours today....
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Republicans say Quinn won't cut enough

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By Jamey Dunn Republicans said today that Gov. Pat Quinn is exaggerating his budget cuts, and his plan relies too heavily on taxes and borro...

School vouchers bill advances

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By Jamey Dunn Parents of children in failing Chicago public grade schools may soon have the option to send their kids to private schools. Se...

FOIA law may be tweaked again

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By Rachel Wells Concerned citizens would no longer have access to any portion of any public employee performance evaluations, under a measur...

Seniors might keep free rides

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By Rachel Wells Regardless of financial need, all seniors are likely to continue getting free mass transit rides . A Senate committee on Wed...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Truth in tuition

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By Rachel Wells Students remaining in college beyond the traditional four years could see locked-in tuition rates, under a Truth-in-Tuition ...
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"Raise our taxes"

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By Jamey Dunn and Rachel Wells Citizens advocating for an income tax increase to avoid deep cuts to the state budget packed the Illinois Ca...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

No tax increase and slower payments

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By Jamey Dunn The day before thousands of citizens descend on the Capitol to call for an income tax increase, Gov. Pat Quinn met with legisl...

Illinois returns most census forms

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By Jamey Dunn Almost two thirds of Illinois residents returned the 2010 U.S. census forms they received in the mail. “We are off to a good ...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Citizens' initiative needs more signatures

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By Jamey Dunn Advocacy groups need to collect more signatures from voters to get a redistricting plan on the ballot in November. An effort t...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Evidence released in Blagojevich case

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The judge for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption case released a document outlining the prosecution's evidence today, despite...

Senate passes remap plan

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By Jamey Dunn A constitutional amendment that would change the way Illinois draws its legislative districts passed in the Senate today with...

Quinn signs pension reform

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By Rachel Wells Gov. Pat Quinn today signed pension reform legislation expected to provide $400 million in budget relief for next year and ...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Redistricting: Politics vs. reform

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By Jamey Dunn While the Senate Democrats’ proposed constitutional amendment may not be perfect reform, some who have tackled the issue of r...