Wednesday, January 05, 2011

New version of gaming expansion headed to House floor

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois House's version of a whopping gambling expansion measure passed through a legislative committee today. The Se...
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Redistricting tweaks head to the governor

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois lawmakers approved changes today to the method they will use to draw legislative districts for future elections. Mean...

Death penalty opponents renew push for abolition

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By Lauren Johnson Those in favor of abolishing the death penalty believe they have enough support to make another push during the lame-duck ...
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Monday, January 03, 2011

Lame-duck plans still coming together

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By Jamey Dunn While Illinois legislators are considering substantial legislation during the final days of their lame-duck session, they are ...

2010 wrap-up CapitolView

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Ray Long, Chicago Tribune; Charlie Wheeler, UIS Public Affairs Reporting Program and Illinois Radio Network's Melissa Hahn join moderato...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Illinois will lose a congressional seat

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois will lose one U.S. House seat in the upcoming remap of legislative districts, but at one expert believes it won’t hav...

Ryan to remain behind bars

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By Jamey Dunn Former Gov. George Ryan lost his most recent bid for freedom despite pleas on his behalf from public figures and his ill wife...

Finalists chosen for carbon storage site

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By Jamey Dunn Four Illinois counties are finalists to house a carbon storage facility as part of the revamped FutureGen “clean coal” project...
Friday, December 17, 2010

This week's CapitolView

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Mike Lawrence, Statehouse columnist; Bob Gough, quincynews.org and Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, join moderator Jamey Dunn from Illinois Issues...

House considers limits on teacher strikes

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By Jamey Dunn Some education reformers want to make it more difficult for Illinois public school teachers to go on strike. A House Education...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Seniority could mean less for teachers

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By Jamey Dunn Legislators are considering reforms of Illinois’ public schools that would change practices for granting teachers tenure, as w...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Workers' Comp reform "swimming in data"

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By Jamey Dunn Proponents of workers' compensation changes say Illinois’ system is unnecessarily complicated, and the math for medical fe...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Springfield mayor found dead in his home

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UPDATE Wednesday, December 15, 2010: After conducting an autopsy Wednesday, the Sangamon County Corner's Office confirmed that Springfie...

Hamos to legislators: Back me up on Medicaid reform

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By Jamey Dunn If legislators want Medicaid reform, they are going to have to fight for it, says Julie Hamos, director of Illinois' Depar...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

Quinn names Jack Lavin chief of staff

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Gov. Pat Quinn named Jack Lavin his new chief of staff today. “Jack Lavin has helped my administration accomplish many of our top priorities...

Illinois may crack down on Medicaid eligiblity

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By Jamey Dunn In its ongoing quest to find savings in the state’s Medicaid system, a House committee today took up the issue of making sure...
Thursday, December 09, 2010

Commission wants to cut poverty by 2015

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois can help to raise some of its most vulnerable residents out of crushing poverty by 2015, according to a new plan rele...
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

State will pay off FY2010 bills by end of December - updated

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By Jamey Dunn UPDATE: Gov Pat Quinn confirmed Thursday that the state will pay off its fiscal year 2010 bills by the end of the month, larg...

House considers Medicaid reforms

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By Jamey Dunn In a move that parallels the Senate’s reform efforts , a House committee heard testimony in Chicago today on possible changes ...
Saturday, December 04, 2010

This week's CapitolView

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From civil unions to gambling to pensions, a wrap up of the week in Illinois government. Panelists Mike Lawrence, former director of Paul Si...