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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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Quinn Pitches Tax Hike To Rank-And-File Lawmakers

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Unable to agree with legislative leaders on how to clean up the state's budget mess, Gov. Pat Quinn is taking his case to rank-and-fil...

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State Budget Cuts Threaten City's Response To Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Chicago Public Radio | Travis Truitt | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago

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Public health officials in Chicago are calling on state lawmakers to craft a responsible public health budget....

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Quinn Cutting Out Madigan, Taking Tax Hike Push Directly To Lawmakers

Chicago Sun-Times | Tim Novak | Posted 08.04.2009 | Chicago

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Gov. Quinn is bypassing House Speaker Michael Madigan and other legislative leaders and appealing directly to lawmakers in hopes of getting his propos...

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Pat Quinn, Lawmakers Agree on a Key Number in Illinois Doomsday Budget Slugfest

David Ormsby | Posted 08.01.2009 | Chicago

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David Ormsby

Gov. Quinn vetoed the only budget plan on the table. But that does not lessen the confusion, much of which the governor has bred.

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QUINN VETOES ILLINOIS BUDGET PLAN: State Without Spending Plan As Fiscal Year Begins

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 08.01.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn's veto of a makeshift budget Wednesday marks yet another round of uncertainty and frustration for Illinois ta...

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Police Remove SEIU Protesters From State Capitol (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Eight health care workers blocking access to the Illinois House have been removed by Capitol police officers. The home- and...

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Quinn Vows To Veto 'Half Baked' Budget That Cuts Services, Doesn't Raise Taxes

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago

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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...

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What Happens If Illinois Doesn't Pass A New Budget By Tuesday's Deadline?

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The state's budget year ends Tuesday, and lawmakers are nowhere near a deal on a spending plan with Gov. Pat Quinn. Does tha...

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$100,000 and Springfield Dropped the Ball

Scott Foval | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago

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Scott Foval

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.

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Now is the Time for Quinn to Lead

Rep. Jack Franks | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago

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Rep. Jack Franks

Illinois finds itself on the brink of a man-made disaster and the same managers who drove our state into this fiscal catastrophe continue to control the levers of power. Bullying the legislature into huge tax increases will not work. Governor, stop obfuscating, get prepared and lead.

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Quinn: Budget Cuts Could Mean 2,200 State Layoffs

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago

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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...

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White Sox Stars Jim Thome And Paul Konerko Speak Out Against State Budget Cuts

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE MCKINNEY | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago

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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...

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Threat Of Budget Cuts Draws Thousands To Springfield, But No Progress On Tax Hike Talks

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 07.24.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- Illinois lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Tuesday searching for some way to fill a $9.2 billion hole in the state budget. The...

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Hynes Rips Quinn For Inciting 'Fear And Panic' Over Budget

AP | Posted 07.24.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes has some harsh words for the governor's handling of the budget crisis. Hynes released an open lette...

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Quinn Wants Vote On Income Tax Hike Wednesday

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 07.20.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn wants lawmakers to vote as soon as Wednesday on an income tax increase to help human services providers, who insist som...

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Free Breast, Cervical Exams Could Fall Victim To Budget Cuts

Chi-Town Daily News | ALEX PARKER | Posted 07.20.2009 | Chicago

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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...

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Quinn Calls Special Session Of General Assembly To Handle Budget, Capital Bill, Ethics Reform

AP | Posted 07.20.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn's calling a special session of the Illinois General Assembly to grapple with budgetary and other issues. A proclamatio...

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$9 Billion Jobs And Construction Plan Languishes During Budget Fight

Daily Herald | Dan Carden | Posted 07.19.2009 | Chicago

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A $9 billion program of shovel-ready road construction projects that was supposed to create up to 80,000 jobs in Illinois this summer has been delayed...

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10,000 State Employees Could Lose Jobs: Quinn Administration

AP | Posted 07.17.2009 | Chicago

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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...

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Quinn's Tough Budget Talk: $9.2B Would Be Cut, Lawmakers Must Come Back To Springfield And 'Confront Reality'

AP | Posted 07.16.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says lawmakers should pack their bags and get ready to be back in Springfield next week. Quinn said Monday th...

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State GOP Leader: Quinn Acting Like Blagojevich Over Budget

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 07.13.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Republican leader Christine Radogno called it "morally unacceptable" for Gov. Pat Quinn to instill panic over threatened budg...

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Lisa Madigan, Other State Officials Staying Mum On Tax Hike

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 07.10.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- As the governor and legislators struggle to balance the state budget, Illinois' other statewide elected officials are largel...

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Quinn, Top Lawmakers Meeting Again To Try Solve Budget Impasse

AP | Posted 07.10.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn and top lawmakers are headed into another round of budget negotiations amid dire warnings of massive service cuts. Qui...

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Quinn Renews Income Tax Hike Push, Warns Of Consequences

AP | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn continues to warn that there'll be dire consequences if lawmakers don't raise state income taxes to fill budge...

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