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If there's one thing observers of Illinois politics can agree on, it's that next year's state budget deficit is going to be extraordinary. Not only ar...
Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wants to borrow close to $1 billion to finance the state through the winter....
AP | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation to restore college financial aid to nearly 140,000 low-income students....
Aaron Renn | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
The CTA doomsday budget, even if it doesn't come to pass, has done a great service by showing the city the inevitable future. Service has been trending downward for decades.
Rep. Jack Franks | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
I've filed a bill to repeal the Video Gaming Act, which allows places licensed to serve alcohol to have up to five video poker machines for patron use -- the equivalent of 60 new casinos in Illinois.
Edwin Yohnka | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
Is it really possible that a school whose mission is based on teaching a specific set of religious values can distinguish which parts of the building are religious and which are not?
Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago
The state's money woes are worse than predicted due to plummeting tax revenues and an unprecedented number of unpaid bills, the Illinois comptroller's...
State Journal-Register | Ryan Keith | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago
A southern Illinois judge has blocked layoffs that would put hundreds of state workers out of a job later this week....
Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wants state employed union workers to take furlough days to help balance the state's budget. He says about 2,600 American ...
wsj.com | CONOR DOUGHERTY | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business
States' revenue from casinos, slot machines and lotteries is falling for the first time in many of the 48 states that have grown to depend on gambling...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 08.31.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn used his new authority over the state budget on Friday to reduce spending cuts for programs that help abused children a...
Chicago Sun-Times | Dave Newbart | Posted 08.30.2009 | Chicago
The state will deny the financial aid applications of an estimated 130,000 students -- the most in Illinois history....
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.23.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn visited with Illinois troops, took part in medal ceremonies and flew in a helicopter over the mountains of Afghanistan ...
AP | Rupa Shenoy | Posted 08.21.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois Board of Education on Tuesday approved a budget that eliminates funding for after-school and gifted programs and cuts mon...
David Ormsby | Posted 08.20.2009 | Chicago
Whatever the human services spending percentage may be, Quinn's real -- and thankless -- job is to cut the budget. A lot.
Bloomberg | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago
Illinois's long-term credit rating was put on watch by Moody's Investors Services after lawmakers adopted a budget that includes $3.5 billion in short...
David Ormsby | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago
The unbalanced budget "avoids a tax increase," Minority Leader Radogno said. It also avoids any sign of real leadership--an observation Radogno left unsaid.
State Journal-Register | Bernard Schoenburg | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago
So, did a trip to baseball's All-Star Game Tuesday night by a key member of the General Assembly delay the state budget deal? No way, says Senate Pre...
AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Facing a massive deficit and an array of unpleasant choices, Illinois officials decided Wednesday to keep state government r...
David Ormsby | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago
"There are many ways to get to heaven," Quinn said after another change in budget plans. But hundreds of Illinois human service providers on the brink of financial apocalypse are fretting over landing in much, much, warmer climes.
AP | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is putting aside his call for an income tax increase until November. In an interview Friday with Th...
AP | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn said Thursday that he plans to sign long-delayed legislation creating a huge public works program to help the...
ABC News | Scott Mayerowitz and Nathalie Tadena | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business
The economic problems of American families are now pounding many state governments which are in turn slashing services to balance their budgets in one...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago
On the day he planned to explain $1 billion in state budget cuts, Gov. Quinn instead announced Tuesday that he is vetoing a bill funding state governm...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says every state agency, office and even the General Assembly will be hit with budget cuts. Quinn said he will act on ...
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Progress Illinois | Angela Caputo | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago