Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Deadline nears for discriminatory lending settlement

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By Jamey Dunn Minority borrowers in Illinois may be eligible for compensation under a settlement with now-defunct Countrywide Financial ov...
Friday, March 22, 2013

ISBE: More than half of Illinois school districts face budget deficits this year

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By Jamey Dunn More than half of Illinois school districts will spend more money than they have this fiscal year ,according to analysis fr...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

House passes bill to cut COLAs on public pensions

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By Jamey Dunn Supporters of efforts to cut spending on public-employee pensions say they reached a turning point today, as the House appro...
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Universities ask legislators to restore Quinn's proposed cuts

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By Meredith Colias The presidents of four of Illinois' public universities testified today before the Senate Appropriations Committee,...

Utility rate increases headed to Quinn

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois House sent a bill to Gov. Pat Quinn today that could mean rate hikes for customers of the state’s two largest u...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Senate approves pension changes for teachers

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois Senate rejected a comprehensive pension proposal today, opting instead to approve benefit changes that would ap...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Advocates for children ask for budget cuts to be restored

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By Meredith Colias Advocates for early childhood education, bilingual education and homeless student assistance programs appealed to Illin...

Court tosses out lawsuit over public retirees' health care

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  Jamey Dunn A judge today sided with the state in a disputed over the cost of public retiree health insurance. Last year, lawmakers ap...

House and Senate take different approaches on concealed carry

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By Jamey Dunn While the Illinois House debates gun control issues each week on the chamber’s floor, the Senate is trying to tackle the iss...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Eastern Illinois University looking for flat funding

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By Meredith Colias After Gov. Pat Quinn asked for a 5 percent reduction in higher education spending, the first university to appeal to la...
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House approves pension changes

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By Jamey Dunn and Meredith Colias The Illinois House approved two changes to the public employee pension system, but supporters of pension...

Deal reached on fracking fees

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By Jamey Dunn A day after House Speaker Michael Madigan said he supports a ban on hydraulic fracturing in Illinois, supporters of a bill ...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Senate still far from an agreement on pensions

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By Jamey Dunn  An Illinois Senate panel today approved two pension reform plans while the House continued to debate gun control issues. T...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

ISBE: School districts struggling to keep their doors open

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By Jamey Dunn  Some Illinois schools are considering moving to four-day weeks to cope with budget cuts, according to the Illinois State Bo...

Fracking opponents call for ban

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By Jamey Dunn A coalition of Illinois groups opposed to horizontal hydraulic fracturing is pushing for a ban on the practice in the state....
Thursday, March 07, 2013

Quinn signs fee increase for doctors

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By Meredith Colias Doctors will have to pay more in fees so a state agency can continue to investigate and license them. Senate Bill 622...

House takes first affirmative vote on pension change

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois House voted today in favor of a cap on the amount of salary that can be used to determine benefits for public e...
Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Quinn pushes pension changes in somber budget speech

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn laid out some concepts for changes to the state's underfunded pension systems in a budget that he says is...

Quinn: Close tax loopholes to pay old bills

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By Meredith Colias Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed state budget would continue to chip away at Illinois' overdue bills, but he hopes lawmake...