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Illinois Flirts With Its Own Sandy Hook

David Ormsby | Posted 02.27.2013 | Chicago
Read More: Judge Paul Biebel, Illinois News, Governor Pat Quinn, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Mark Ishaug, Chicago News, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Politics, Kirk Dillard, Heather Steans, Patty Bellock, Sara Feigenholtz, Treatmental Alternatives for Safe Communities, National Alliance for Mental Illness, Thresholds, Chicago News
David Ormsby

When the governor proposes his FY 2014 budget in March, rather pushing another round of mental health funding cuts, Quinn needs to recommend more money for mental health care.

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Governor Pat Quinn Saves AIDS Drugs Program From Illinois Budget Wreck

David Ormsby | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois Budget, Illinois Department of Public Health, Mark Ishaug, Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Illinois Politics, Chicago News, John Peller, Rev. Doris Green, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Lou Lang, Chicago News
David Ormsby

In the belching, burning wreckage of the Illinois budget, a survivor, miraculously, emerged. Pat Quinn announced today that state funding for the Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program would be spared.

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Advocates, Lawmakers Want Governor Pat Quinn to Reject Waiting List for People Needing HIV/AIDS Medication

David Ormsby | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Medical Issues Advisory Board, Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program, Illinois Department of Public Health, Mark Ishaug, Chicago News, Pat Quinn, David Munar, Greg Harris, Heather Steans, Illinois General Assembly, Doris Green, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Lou Lang, Sara Feigenholtz, Chicago News
David Ormsby

Let's hope Governor Quinn can scrape up the commitment and the $9.7 million out of a $25 billion budget to provide HIV/AID drugs to help keep people, your neighbors, alive.

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