A southern Illinois judge has blocked layoffs that would put hundreds of state workers out of a job later this week....
The Pantagraph | Mike Riopell | Posted 09.11.2009 | Chicago
Despite threats to the contrary, the state will continue paying for the burials of Illinois' poorest people....
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.
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.
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 ...
Chicago Public Radio | Travis Truitt | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago
Public health officials in Chicago are calling on state lawmakers to craft a responsible public health budget....
AP | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Eight health care workers blocking access to the Illinois House have been removed by Capitol police officers. The home- and...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago
UPDATE 7/1 Gov. Quinn's office has announced he will "take veto action." A press conference is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in Springfield. Check back fo...
Scott Foval | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago
Cuts are coming, a train wreck is about to hit, and our state officials took a two-day trip to Springfield just to sit there and do nothing.
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn announced Thursday that 2,200 state employees could lose their jobs as he attempts to cut an additional $1 billion in s...
Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE MCKINNEY | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago
Sox stars Paul Konerko and Jim Thome wrote a letter to the editor to the Chicago Sun-Times and other newspapers, urging lawmakers not to allow massive...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois legislators adjourned Wednesday without taking action on the budget, as Gov. Pat Quinn backed away from threats to ...
SouthtownStar | Phil Kadner | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago
Democrats don't deserve to be re-elected in Illinois. No politician should serve more than eight years in office. It's time to let the entire state go...
AP | Posted 07.24.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes has some harsh words for the governor's handling of the budget crisis. Hynes released an open lette...
Chi-Town Daily News | ALEX PARKER | Posted 07.20.2009 | Chicago
If state legislators buck Gov. Pat Quinn's call for an income tax hike, the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program stands to lose millions and wo...
Chicago Sun-Times | MAUREEN O'DONNELL | Posted 07.17.2009 | Chicago
For the poor, it's a final indignity, funeral directors say: The state of lllinois is suspending payments for funerals for the indigent....
AP | Posted 07.17.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) -- About 10,000 state employees could lose their jobs unless lawmakers come up with a new budget. That's the number Gov. Pat Quinn...
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 01.13.2009 | Chicago
The governor may be able to de-Grinchify on the way out the door with a gesture for everyone who loves history, poetry, architecture and trees - rescind the Illinois public lands closings.
Associated Press | Christopher Wills | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago
Illinois government faces a budget crisis. A big one. The deficit is growing, bills are piling up, state services are being cut and officials have no...
Posted 12.21.2008 | Chicago
In the face of soaring budget deficits, Illinois is reducing access to some of its most celebrated Abraham Lincoln sites. These cuts could be devast...
State Journal-Register | Ryan Keith | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago