Government - State
May 19, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By KATE SCHOTT - kschott@shawmedia.com
When local health care officials talk about the state of their industry, they say a perfect storm is brewing.
May 19, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka joined the call for higher cigarette taxes Thursday, but she has a few conditions.
May 19, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By CHRISTOPHER WILLS - The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois should maintain education spending and pay a chunk of the state's overdue bills while cutting money for prisons, health care and most other services, Democrats in the state Senate said Friday as they staked out their position for the final days of the legislative session.
May 18, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By JEFF ENGELHARDT – jengelhardt@shawmedia.com
It’s never good to hear a $520,510 cut may be the best-case scenario, but that is the reality for Sandwich School District 430.
May 17, 2012 - 2:32 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD – Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka is joining the call for higher cigarette taxes in Illinois, but she has a few conditions.
May 17, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By CHRISTOPHER WILLS - The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has gotten the attention of the state’s mayors and city managers by going after their money.
May 17, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS and KATE SCHOTT
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers are trying to shuffle money to keep child care services from shutting down across the state.
May 17, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan to increase the minimum wage and let it rise automatically in the future.
May 16, 2012 - 3:57 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers are trying to shuffle money to keep child care services from shutting down across the state.
May 16, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By CHRISTOPHER WILLS - The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois should move quickly to establish itself as an international leader in online poker and other types of Internet gambling, state Senate President John Cullerton said Tuesday, claiming the payoff could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.
May 16, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By CHRIS WETTERICH - GateHouse News Service
SPRINGFIELD – After weeks of relative quiet, public employee unions are airing television ads statewide to highlight what they say is the unfairness of Gov. Pat Quinn’s pension ideas.
May 16, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By ANDREW THOMASON - Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD – Money meant for maintaining state highways could be paying for some of the Illinois Department of Transportation’s day-to-day expenses.
May 14, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By DAVID MERCER The Associated Press
CHAMPAIGN – Gov. Pat Quinn built his career on populism and consumer advocacy. But, in the middle of what might be his defining political moment, he finds himself in an unlikely alliance with major Illinois business groups in a battle against unions and advocates for the poor.
May 12, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD – As much of the political world debated President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage this week, Illinois officials and candidates greeted it with virtual silence.
May 12, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.•By JASON KEYSER - The Associated Press
CHICAGO – Chicago commuters trying to zigzag around closed streets, diplomatic motorcades and protest zones during this month's NATO summit could face airport-style security measures on one of the city's major commuter rail services, officials announced Friday.
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