State Budget Shortfall Pegged At $12.8 Billion
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...
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Quinn's Fix: State Must Borrow Nearly $1B To Make It Through Winter
Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago
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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wants to borrow close to $1 billion to finance the state through the winter....
Quinn Restores Aid To Low-Income College Students
AP | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago
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Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation to restore college financial aid to nearly 140,000 low-income students....
Chicago Transit at a Crossroads
Aaron Renn | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
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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.
Video Poker: A Bad Bet for Illinois
Rep. Jack Franks | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
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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.
The Spirit of the Illinois Constitution
Edwin Yohnka | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
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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?
State Tax Revenues Down Almost $600M From Last Year
Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago
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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...
Quinn's State Layoffs Plan Blocked By Judge
State Journal-Register | Ryan Keith | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago
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A southern Illinois judge has blocked layoffs that would put hundreds of state workers out of a job later this week....
Quinn To Union: Take Furloughs Or Face Layoffs
Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago
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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 ...
State Budgets Take Big Hit As Consumers Cut Back On Gambling
wsj.com | CONOR DOUGHERTY | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business
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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...
Quinn Reveals $1 Billion In Budget Cuts, Layoffs
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 08.31.2009 | Chicago
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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...
Financial Aid Denied For 130,000, A State Record
Chicago Sun-Times | Dave Newbart | Posted 08.30.2009 | Chicago
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The state will deny the financial aid applications of an estimated 130,000 students -- the most in Illinois history....
Quinn Talks About Iraq Trip, Says Budget Needs To Stretch $1B Into $5B
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.23.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn visited with Illinois troops, took part in medal ceremonies and flew in a helicopter over the mountains of Afghanistan ...
Board Of Education Approves Budget That Guts After-School, Gifted And Early Childhood Programs
AP | Rupa Shenoy | Posted 08.21.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois Board of Education on Tuesday approved a budget that eliminates funding for after-school and gifted programs and cuts mon...
Pat Quinn's Office Says 86% for Human Services in New Illinois Budget Is 'Speculative'
David Ormsby | Posted 08.20.2009 | Chicago
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Whatever the human services spending percentage may be, Quinn's real -- and thankless -- job is to cut the budget. A lot.
Illinois' Credit Rating Facing Big Hit After Passing Debt-Heavy Budget
Bloomberg | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago
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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...
Good News: Pat Quinn Signs Illinois Budget; Bad News: Pat Quinn Signs Illinois Budget
David Ormsby | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago
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The unbalanced budget "avoids a tax increase," Minority Leader Radogno said. It also avoids any sign of real leadership--an observation Radogno left unsaid.
Lawmakers Defend Going To All-Star Game During Budget Negotiations
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...
Illinois Lawmakers Approve Debt-Heavy Stop-Gap Budget
AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | Chicago
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Facing a massive deficit and an array of unpleasant choices, Illinois officials decided Wednesday to keep state government r...
Pat Quinn's Latest Budget Plan Aims for 'Heaven,' Teens, State Courts Heading in Opposite Direction
David Ormsby | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago
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"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.
Quinn Shelving Tax Increase Push Until Fall
AP | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago
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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...
Quinn Changing Course, Will Sign $29B Capital Bill
AP | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago
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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...
The 10 States With The Worst Budget Shortfalls
ABC News | Scott Mayerowitz and Nathalie Tadena | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business
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The economic problems of American families are now pounding many state governments which are in turn slashing services to balance their budgets in one...
Quinn Vetoes State Operating Budget As Stalemate Continues, 2,600 Face Layoffs
Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago
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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...
Quinn To Reveal $1 Billion In Budget Cuts
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago
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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