Gov. Pat Quinn today suggested he'll wait until after Jan. 1 to push state lawmakers to approve an income tax increase, saying it would be easier to g...
AP | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is putting aside his call for an income tax increase until November. In an interview Friday with Th...
Chicago Sun-Times | Tim Novak | Posted 08.04.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Quinn is bypassing House Speaker Michael Madigan and other legislative leaders and appealing directly to lawmakers in hopes of getting his propos...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 07.20.2009 | Chicago
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...
AP | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago
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...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 07.03.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Eager to build support for an income tax increase to avoid deep budget cuts, Gov. Pat Quinn is resorting to a strategy his predecessor...
Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia and John Chase | Posted 04.21.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Pat Quinn suggested Friday that critics of his major income-tax-increase plan put up or shut up about how they would balance the state's out-of-w...
AP | Posted 03.08.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO - New Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says it will take "sacrifice" to fix a state budget deficit that could be as high as $9 billion. Quinn isn't sa...
Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago