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Illinois Stimulus Funds

Stimulus Funds Put Homeless Agencies In Bind

Chi-Town Daily News | Adrian G. Uribarri | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago

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In early July federal officials promised more than $67 million in stimulus funds to prevent homelessness in Illinois. They saw it as a way to help fam...

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State Stimulus Web Site Still Gets Low Marks For Transparency

Chicago Public Radio | Adriene Hill | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois has updated its stimulus Websites -- but it's still getting low marks for transparency....

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Stimulus Report: Illinois' Site Ranks Dead Last

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- On a scale of zero to 100, it can't get worse than the big goose egg. That's the embarrassing rating Illinois received in a report re...

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Blagojevich, Springfield Gridlock Helped Illinois Stimulus Projects: LaHood

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 05.20.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois' long-dysfunctional government ultimately helped the state gain quick approval for a large share of federal stimulus money to fix roads and b...

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Illinois Getting $82M From Stimulus For Child Care, Vaccines

AP | Posted 05.10.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Obama administration says Illinois will get $82 million in federal stimulus money to help children and prevent disease. ...

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Schools Face Huge Budget Problems Despite $1 Billion Stimulus Boost

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 05.06.2009 | Chicago

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With the federal government handing Illinois public schools more than $1 billion extra this year, you might think it's a good year for schools. But y...

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Quinn Makes Construction Plan, Blago Reform Measures Law

AP | Posted 05.04.2009 | Chicago

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Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a construction program aimed at putting people back to work while lawmakers hash out a much larger public works program. Of...

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State Getting $3 Billion For Education From Stimulus

AP | Posted 04.30.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO - Federal officials say Illinois will receive about $3 billion for education in economic stimulus money. It's money President Barack Obama pr...

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Three Small Illinois Airports To Get $10M From Stimulus: Durbin

Associated Press | Posted 04.20.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal authorities are setting aside nearly $10 million in stimulus money for three Illinois airports. A statement from Sen. Dick Du...

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Daley And Durbin Make Case For Earmarks: 'They Are Defensible'

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago

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As the federal government descends deeper into deficit spending, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Mayor Richard Daley today came out in defense of one politi...

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Tracking Stimulus Cash A Tough Task

Chicago Public Radio | Michael Puente | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago

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The President's $787 billion spending bill will send large chunks of money to Illinois and Indiana. President Obama says he wants transparency in how ...

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Feds To Keep Extra Close Eye On Illinois Stimulus Spending

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 04.09.2009 | Chicago

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Federal auditors plan to keep an especially close eye on how Illinois spends its share of federal stimulus money. The Government Accountability Offic...

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Stimulus May Force Illinois To Fix Medical Bill Backlog

Chicago Public Radio | Gabriel Spitzer | Posted 04.05.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois has been a bit of a deadbeat. The state has piles of unpaid bills--including $2 billion just for Medicaid reimbursements. Now this massive ba...

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Illinois Still Has Time To Get Stimulus Money: State

Associated Press | Posted 04.04.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois transportation officials say they haven't missed any federal deadlines for stimulus funds. And an Illinois Department of Transportation spok...

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Chicago Hasn't Applied For Stimulus Transit Money Yet, Window Closing

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 04.03.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois still has not officially submitted a list of shovel-ready road and mass transit projects to the federal government for funding under the econ...

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Stimulus Bringing High-Speed Rail To Chicago

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago

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After a decade of quiet tinkering around the margins, the dream of making Chicago the center of a high-speed rail network finally is taking real shape...

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Stimulus Money Begins Rolling In

Chicago Public Radio | Gabriel Spitzer | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago

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llinois officials expect to get the state's first chunk of federal stimulus money today. But they're unclear on how much it will be, and what it can b...

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Illinois Stimulus Projects Lists Still Kept From Public

Associated Press | Posted 03.23.2009 | Chicago

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With Illinois poised to get nearly $9 billion from the federal stimulus bill, state and city officials have been scrambling to compile wish lists of p...

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Quinn Calls For Tax Structure Changes, Community Investment

AP | Sophia Tareen | Posted 03.16.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said he wants to overhaul the state's tax structure to ease burdens on the poor and work on a scholarship initiative...

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Stimulus Bill Shortchanges Chicago Transit, State Has $700M Wish List

The Huffington Post | Ben Goldberger | Posted 03.15.2009 | Chicago

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With Congress set to vote Friday on the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus package, details have seeped out about how the money will be divided. It...

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O'Hare Expansion At Top Of Stimulus Projects List

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Richard M. Daley hasn't been too specific about what's on the city's economic-stimulus wish list. But during a visit to Washington on Tuesday, h...

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Senate Stimulus Bill Could Cost Illinois $2.4 Billion

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago

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Spending cuts in the $838-billion stimulus bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday will cost Illinois at least $2.4 billion and thousands of jobs if it p...

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Daley Reveals Part Of Stimulus Projects Wish List

Chicago Sun-Times | Maureen O'Donnell | Posted 03.12.2009 | Chicago

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Mayor Daley on Monday outlined projects he would like to complete if funding is made available through President Obama's economic stimulation package....

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Quinn Wants Stimulus Details Before Crafting Budget

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia | Posted 03.12.2009 | Chicago

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As Gov. Pat Quinn on Sunday conducted the latest in a series of news conferences unveiling pieces of his new administration, concerns mounted over a m...

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White House Releases Stimulus Benefit Estimate For Illinois

Progress Illinois | Josh Kalven | Posted 03.08.2009 | Chicago

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Yesterday, the White House released a fact-sheet detailing the "immediate, tangible impacts" of President Obama's economicy recovery package in all 50...

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