Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Brady unveils recovery plan

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By Jamey Dunn State Sen. Bill Brady, the Republican candidate for governor, laid out his plan for economic recovery today. He and Gov. Pat...
Monday, August 30, 2010

Illinois' race for education funds spurred reforms

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By Jamey Dunn Losing both rounds in the Race to the Top federal grant competition was a frustrating experience, but Illinois is better for ...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Tax cuts don't add up

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn has incorporated a new component to his proposal for the state budget: property tax relief. Quinn’s original bu...

Blagojevich retrial expected in January

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Gov. Rod Blagojevich will not face a retrial on corruption charges until January. His brother, Robert Blagojevich , will not face another t...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Illinois loses out on Race to the Top funds

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois has lost its bid for a potential $400 million in federal education funding. The U.S. Department of Education announce...

Quinn names new chief of staff

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By Jamey Dunn Amid continuing controversy over the circumstances surrounding the resignation of his former top aide, Gov. Pat Quinn named a...
Monday, August 23, 2010

Quinn takes hits on exit of top staff member

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By Jamey Dunn State Sen. Bill Brady, the Republican candidate for governor, took a shot today at Gov. Pat Quinn over the exit of one of his ...
Friday, August 20, 2010

Delving deeper into budget cuts: part 2

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By Jamey Dunn Because the State Fair, which celebrates agriculture in Illinois, is in full swing this week, I thought I would delve into Gov...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Quinn and Brady vague on the budget

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By Jamey Dunn Both Gov. Pat Quinn and his Republican opponent, state Sen. Bill Brady, have yet to publicly spell out all the details of thei...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

As Blagojevich celebrates, prosecutors plan

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By Jamey Dunn While Rod Blagojevich and his legal team seemed to celebrate a victory almost akin to an acquittal, federal prosecutors did no...
Monday, August 16, 2010

Quinn approves tax amnesty

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 377 , which creates a so-called tax amnesty period (at the bottom of the linked post) from ...

"MGT Push" report may spur legislation

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By Jamey Dunn After a scathing repor t from a panel he appointed to look into the controversial “Meritorious Good Time Push (MGT Push) progr...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Blagojevich jury deadlocked

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Federal jurors in former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial have reached an impasse and sent a note to Judge James Zagel asking for...

Mattoon drops out of FutureGen 2.0

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By Jamey Dunn Mattoon has dropped out of the revamped FutureGen 2.0 carbon capture project , which is intended to trap greenhouse gases from...

Federal funds may require special session

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By Jamey Dunn As Gov. Pat Quinn tries to piece together a budget with billions in unpaid bills piling up, the federal government will be chi...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Most employers cannot check credit scores

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By Jamey Dunn Those who have been having trouble making ends meet and are looking for work in the down economy may have one obstacle cleared...
Monday, August 09, 2010

Delving deeper into the budget cuts

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn released a new round of budget cuts last week with no fanfare and little detail. The plan , displayed on a web...
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Thursday, August 05, 2010

FutureGen moves on without Mattoon plant

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By Jamey Dunn A drastically revamped version of the FutureGen project is moving forward without construction of a planned "clean-coal...

U.S. Senate approves funding for states

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Illinois may get some help from the federal government in dealing with its budget woes . The U.S. Senate voted today to approve a $26.1 bill...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Quinn rolls out more budget cuts

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn has made more budget cuts that he claims will get the state to the $1.4 billion reduction goal he laid out in J...