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Posted by Illinois Issues blog 9 hours 1 minute ago.
By Jamey DunnAfter repeatedly defending Department of Corrections Director Michael Randle, Gov. Pat Quinn is now seeking his replacement and facing political fallout as another top staffer makes an exit so close to the general election.The Chicago Tribune...
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By Jamey Dunn Former Gov. George Ryan is seeking to have some of the charges from his 2006 conviction on corruption thrown out based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.The ruling scaled back a category of fraud, which requires public officials to provi...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 2 days 6 hours ago.
By Jamey DunnState Sen. Bill Brady, the Republican candidate for governor, laid out his plan for economic recovery today. He and Gov. Pat Quinn agree that job creation is the biggest issue of the campaign and even back some similar proposals. But their di...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 days 8 hours ago.
By Jamey DunnLosing both rounds in the Race to the Top federal grant competition was a frustrating experience, but Illinois is better for having tried, according to state schools Superintendent Christopher Koch.In the first round of the competition, the U...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 1 week 8 hours ago.
By Jamey DunnGov. Pat Quinn has incorporated a new component to his proposal for the state budget: property tax relief.Quinn’s original budget proposal included a 1-percentage-point income tax increase, which he said would go wholly to fund education. A...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 1 week 10 hours ago.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich will not face a retrial on corruption charges until January. His brother, Robert Blagojevich, will not face another trial at all.Federal prosecutors dropped the four corruption counts against Robert that stemmed from four months he sp...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 1 week 2 days ago.
By Jamey DunnIllinois has lost its bid for a potential $400 million in federal education funding.The U.S. Department of Education announced the 10 winners in the final round of the competitive grant program Race to the Top, and Illinois was not on the lis...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 1 week 2 days ago.
By Jamey DunnAmid continuing controversy over the circumstances surrounding the resignation of his former top aide, Gov. Pat Quinn named a new chief of staff today.Quinn tapped Michelle Saddler, who has been secretary of the Department of Human Services s...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 1 week 3 days ago.
By Jamey DunnState Sen. Bill Brady, the Republican candidate for governor, took a shot today at Gov. Pat Quinn over the exit of one of his top staff members.The Chicago Sun-Times reported Quinn’s chief of staff, Jerry Stermer, resigned after the newspap...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 1 week 6 days ago.
By Jamey DunnBecause the State Fair, which celebrates agriculture in Illinois, is in full swing this week, I thought I would delve into Gov. Pat Quinn’s $6.5 million in proposed cuts for the Department of Agriculture (Italics are pulled directly from Qu...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 2 weeks 1 day ago.
By Jamey DunnBoth Gov. Pat Quinn and his Republican opponent, state Sen. Bill Brady, have yet to publicly spell out all the details of their plans for the state budget.Quinn claims he has made about $3 billion in cuts during his time in office, and Brady ...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 2 weeks 2 days ago.
By Jamey DunnWhile Rod Blagojevich and his legal team seemed to celebrate a victory almost akin to an acquittal, federal prosecutors did not hesitate in getting the ball rolling on another corruption trial for the former governor. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fi...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 2 weeks 3 days ago.
By Jamey DunnGov. Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 377, which creates a so-called tax amnesty period (at the bottom of the linked post) from October 1 to November 8. Anyone owing the state back taxes from 2002 to 2009 can pay them during that period without p...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 2 weeks 3 days ago.
By Jamey DunnAfter a scathing report from a panel he appointed to look into the controversial “Meritorious Good Time Push (MGT Push) program,” Gov. Pat Quinn faces renewed prompting to clean up early prison release initiatives.The Associated Press rep...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
Federal jurors in former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial have reached an impasse and sent a note to Judge James Zagel asking for instruction. The jury reportedly cannot come to a unanimous conclusion on some or all counts. Zagel instructed them to...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
By Jamey DunnMattoon has dropped out of the revamped FutureGen 2.0 carbon capture project, which is intended to trap greenhouse gases from coal-fired electrical generation underground to slow global warming.Mattoon was chosen in 2007 as the site for a fir...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 weeks 1 day ago.
By Jamey DunnAs Gov. Pat Quinn tries to piece together a budget with billions in unpaid bills piling up, the federal government will be chipping in to help cover Medicaid and education costs. This new revelation could mean the General Assembly will have t...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 weeks 2 days ago.
By Jamey DunnThose who have been having trouble making ends meet and are looking for work in the down economy may have one obstacle cleared from their paths.Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill today that prevents employers from looking at credit histories when d...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 weeks 3 days ago.
By Jamey DunnGov. Pat Quinn released a new round of budget cuts last week with no fanfare and little detail. The plan, displayed on a website dedicated to the budget, gives a one-page-per-agency description of which areas will be cut. It lists some grants...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 weeks 7 hours ago.
By Jamey DunnA drastically revamped version of the FutureGen project is moving forward without construction of a planned "clean-coal" power plant in central Illinois.U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin announced today the U.S. Department of Energy will go ahead with...
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