Wednesday, March 07, 2012

State police consolidation would have upfront costs

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By Ashley Griffin The Illinois State Police are weighing a consolidation that could result in the layoffs of dozens of communications pers...
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Senate approves same revenue projection as House

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The Illinois Senate today approved a revenue estimate that mirrors one the House approved last week. Today’s action puts the General Assem...

Under flat budget, SIU tuition would likely rise

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By Jamey Dunn Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard said today that the Southern Illinois University system could cope with...
Tuesday, March 06, 2012

DNR supports admission fees at state parks

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By Jamey Dunn Hikers, hunters, vacationing families and outdoors enthusiasts may soon have to pay a fee for entrance to the state’s parks....

Committee fails to vote on nursing home staffing

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By Ashley Griffin The debate over expanding staffing at some Illinois nursing homes will continue after a legislative committee failed to...
Monday, March 05, 2012

Rule would make some nursing homes hire more RNs

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By Ashley Griffin Nursing home reform approved in 2010 sought to address problems in some of the state’s long term care facilities by inc...
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Thursday, March 01, 2012

House passes spending cap

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois House is on track to cut from Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed budget in the same way that it did last year . The ch...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Universities seek additional state funds

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By Ashley Griffin State university officials asked Wednesday for more money than Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed in his Fiscal Year 2013 budge...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

State could fail to reach the foundation funding level for education for the second year in a row

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By Jamey Dunn Under the current budget, schools will miss a general state aid payment in June. Under Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget for next year...
Friday, February 24, 2012

Closing mental health facilities could cause other problems, opponents say

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By Ashley Griffin Opponents of Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to close two state mental health centers say the money-saving move could lead to ...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Governor's budget proposal was specific on spending but not on reforms

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By Jamey Dunn  Gov. Pat Quinn set a dour tone as he kicked off the budgeting process today but shared few details on what he cites as his...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Aside from facility closings, Quinn's budget proposal is expected to be short on details

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget proposal  on Wednesday will call for the closure of more than a dozen state facilities, but will lik...
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Republicans: Pension shift would be a cut to education

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By Ashley Griffin While Gov. Pat Quinn says he plans to increase education spending under his budget proposal, some Republicans leaders sa...
Monday, February 20, 2012

CapitolView

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Charlie Wheeler (Public Affairs Reporting Program, UIS) and Andrew Thomason ( Illinois Statehouse News ), join moderator Jamey Dunn ( Il...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Lottery retailers say online sales will be bad for business

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 By Jamey Dunn Convenience store owners and other Illinois retailers are worried that a plan to sell lottery tickets online would cut into...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Sears tax break allows for layoffs

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By Jamey Dunn  One company that will benefit from a tax break brokered to keep jobs in the state announced layoffs today. Sears told Cr...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Quinn's staff expects more revenue for upcoming budget

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget team indicated today that he would likely have more money to work with in his upcoming budget than i...

Study: Chicago and Illinois among most corrupt places in U.S.

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By Ashley Griffin  If you thought Chicago and Illinois were among the most corrupt locales in the nation, you weren’t wrong, according to ...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Professors pitch SURS pension reform ideas

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By Jamey Dunn  As Gov. Pat Quinn and lawmakers say they want to reform the state’s pension systems, two university professors have presen...
Thursday, February 09, 2012

Illinois to get $1 billion in foreclosure settlement

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By Jamey Dunn Under a national settlement reached by states and five of the nation’s largest banks, Illinois would get $1 billion in relie...
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