Thursday, March 29, 2012

House plan could cut all areas of government

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By Jamey Dunn   All areas of government could see cuts under a measure approved by the Illinois House today. House Resolution 706 lumps...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Rep. Smith a no-show for first investigative committee hearing

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By Jamey Dunn An Illinois House committee tasked with investigating a lawmaker who was arrested on bribery charges kicked off proceedings ...

Cutting some Medicaid services may not create savings

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By Ashley Griffin  As lawmakers look to cut or reduce optional services in the Medicaid budget, some experts and advocates believe the pro...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

House approves fees for state parks

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By Jamey Dunn  Visitors to the state’s parks may soon be required to pay a fee. The House approved a bill today that would allow the Ill...

Quinn calls for end to legislative scholarships and urges lawmaker to resign

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn today called on the Illinois Senate to eliminate scholarships that lawmakers dole out and said a legislator a...
Friday, March 23, 2012

U of I's next president says he intends to listen and learn

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By Jamey Dunn The man tapped to be the next president of the University of Illinois says his first priorities are to learn the ropes and l...

Lawmakers who raised more cash won out in this week's primary

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By Jamey Dunn When legislators faced off in this week’s primary election,  the candidates with the most cash generally prevailed. The ne...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Medicaid expert sees few options for cuts

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By Jamey Dunn As lawmakers look to cut billions from the state’s Medicaid budget, one expert told them today that the task will be difficu...

University of Illinois president to step down

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By Jamey Dunn Almost a month after several high-profile faculty members called for his resignation, University of Illinois President Micha...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

House takes up legislative scholarships and eavesdropping law

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois House hit the ground running when it returned today after the state’s primary election. The chamber took votes ...

Low voter turnout favored well-established candidates

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By Jamey Dunn Yesterday’s primary saw low voter turnout and resulted in few surprises. The new legislative map drawn by Democrats pitted...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Races to watch

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With every seat in the General Assembly up for grabs under a new legislative map, this should prove to be an exciting and interesting electi...

Corruption study on states yields surprising results

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By Jamey Dunn A watchdog project took a comprehensive look at the potential for corruption in state government, and the results were somew...

The basics of the Affordable Care Act

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Editor's note: This is the first in a periodic series of articles by Illinois Issues on health care.   By Jamey Dunn The fate of some...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Romney talks energy policy and reaches out to women in Illinois

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Ann and Mitt Romney with Springfield Mayor Mike Houston (background) at a local diner. By Jamey Dunn  Republican presidential hopef...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Unions call for repeal of business tax breaks to stave off closures

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By Ashley Griffin  “Show some guts, not cuts!” and “Quinn says cutback, we say fight back!” were some of the chants from hundreds of Ameri...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Court tosses out campaign finance limits for independent PACs

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By Jamey Dunn A week before the Illinois primary election, a federal court tossed out a piece of the state law that limits campaign contri...

Representative arrested for bribery eligible to run in next week's primary

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By Jamey Dunn State Rep. Derrick Smith was arrested today on bribery charges but could remain a candidate in next Tuesday’s primary elec...

U of I officials eye Medicaid and pension reform

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By Jamey Dunn University of Illinois officials say they are worried about more than just their line item in the state’s budget for next fi...
Thursday, March 08, 2012

Universities hope to keep guns off campuses

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By Jamey Dunn Proponents of concealed carry hope that it’s their year to end the state’s ban on carrying firearms in public, but a provisi...
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