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Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a measure making it easier for Cook County commissioners to override County Board President Todd Stroger, who has...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 11.07.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all but one Republican saying the state should opt ou...
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago
Updated The fierce intra-party feuding between Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes reached a new pitch Friday after Quinn announced his latest s...
David Ormsby | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago
When Bill Brady's 2006 campaign expenses exceeded campaign income he borrowed, just like the State of Illinois has done to pay its bills. What's the difference?
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago
After weeks of bitter intra-party feuding that has played out in the form of millions of dollars worth of competing TV ads, Gov. Pat Quinn is offering...
Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE McKINNEY AND CHRIS FUSCO | Posted 11.02.2009 | Chicago
A top aide to Gov. Quinn has left her $119,158-a-year job amid a state government probe into whether she had done political work on state time....
Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE McKINNEY | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago
The Illinois Senate put the finishing touch on a major campaign-finance package by voting today to send the legislation that caps contributions to Gov...
Chicago Tribune | Ray Long and Monique Garcia | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago
With time running out, the Illinois House late tonight approved a measure that for the first time would put major restrictions on how politicians pay ...
David Ormsby | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago
A few weeks ago, questions began to bubble on whether Hynes would or should drop out of the race against Quinn. The governor was on a roll. He was piling up union endorsements. No more.
Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says he doesn't think politics will stop a short-term loan from getting approved by the state's comptroller....
Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago
Nearly $11 million was spent in just 10 suburban races for statehouse seats last year, as Republicans and Democrats slammed each other in glossy maile...
Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wants to borrow close to $1 billion to finance the state through the winter....
Shawn Healy | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago
Although the intra-party battles have stayed under-the-radar to date, they will undoubtedly heat up as the mercury outside dives. Case in point was the Republican candidate forum.
Chicago Catholic News | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago
Those running for Illinois governor have their share of differences, but religion is not really one of them....
AP | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who succeeded ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich in January, has formally declared his run for a full term. Quinn, ...
AP | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation to restore college financial aid to nearly 140,000 low-income students....
Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Pat Quinn indicated today he supports eliminating the blanket free-ride program for seniors on Chicago area mass transit in favor of a plan that...
David Ormsby | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago
If Hynes ultimately were to become governor and enact his plan, the entire Illinois governing class would be exempt from an Illinois income tax increase. Oops.
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With one former Illinois governor in prison and another facing corruption charges, the state's Senate decided Thursday to le...
Edwin Yohnka | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
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?
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago
The gubernatorial ad wars, they have begun. As expected, Gov. Pat Quinn this weekend responded to state Comptroller Dan Hynes' recent TV ad with a sp...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 10.09.2009 | Chicago
Add Gov. Pat Quinn to the list of those backing a Springfield move to dump Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's controversial penny-per-dollar s...
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.09.2009 | Chicago
State Comptroller Dan Hynes elevated a verbal spat to the airwaves Thursday, releasing the first major television ad of the 2010 gubernatorial campaig...
Wall Street Journal | DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 10.09.2009 | Chicago
Nearly a year after former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested and accused of running state government as a criminal enterprise, legislators ha...
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago
A third Democrat is wading into the race for governor. Oak Park trial lawyer Ed Scanlan took his first plunge into electoral politics Thursday with a...
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Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.07.2009 | Chicago