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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 11 hours 29 minutes ago.
* Representatives from Gov. Quinn’s Office of Management and Budget presented a budget plan Tuesday night in the Illinois State Museum Auditorium. They opened with a PowerPoint before taking questions from reporters. Videos from the briefing are bel...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 14 hours 14 minutes ago.
* I was able to obtain a little bit of the governor’s proposed budget. His total operating expenditures will rise from $29.145 billion this fiscal year to $32.117 billion next FY - mainly, it appears, because of an increase in pension payments.
Qui...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 14 hours 14 minutes ago.
*** UPDATE *** I’m at the budget briefing. The materials include broad outlines of some of the cuts. Human services will take a $276 million hit, including adult home care, child care and community mental health.
Health takes a $325 mil reductio...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 16 hours 5 minutes ago.
* Rasmussen has a new poll, but it’s a bit weird…
Bill Brady 47
Pat Quinn 37
Here’s why…
The new survey finds Brady leading by 17 points among women but just three points among men.We’ve known for a while that Quinn had troub...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 17 hours 46 minutes ago.
* Crain’s is reporting that Gov. Quinn will propose a $2,500 per job hiring tax credit for small businesses tomorrow…
The governor hopes the measure will generate as many as 20,000 jobs.
According to a source in Mr. Quinn’s office, the p...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 21 hours 33 minutes ago.
* Bill Brady said this during his campaign kickoff fly-around yesterday…
“Our statewide ticket is not only broad-based in terms of geography, but also in terms of ancestry and background, unlike the Democrats’ ticket,” Brady said.
...
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* Mess with the bull, get the horn…
Mayor Daley accused Gov. Quinn today of a political double-cross regarding the governor’s proposal to cut $300 million from the share of state income=tax revenues earmarked for local government.
Daley said that,...
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* This has to be one of the stranger press releases I’ve ever received from the US Attorney’s office. Apparently, they busted Bill Dugan on a misdemeanor charge for soliciting a $900 animal feeder for his Maryland buffalo farm from an employe...
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* This has to be one of the stranger press releases I’ve ever received from the US Attorney’s office. Apparently, they busted Bill Dugan on a misdemeanor charge for soliciting a $900 animal feeder for his Maryland buffalo farm from an employe...
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[Posted by Barton Lorimor]
* Ameren’s request for a $130 million Illinois rate increase has drawn all sorts of criticism, especially after the company posted its 2009 profits. Despite the recession, Ameren finished the year with profits of $612 mill...
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* Bill Brady stuck closely to the script during a recent appearance on ABC7’s morning show. He kept his focus on the budget deficit and the economy, even when the hosts tried to bait him on Pat Quinn’s claim that he’s an extremist right...
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*** UPDATE *** Bill Brady is doing an eight-city fly-around today and trying to focus on the budget and the economy…
Republican nominee for Illinois governor Bill Brady says he will try to appeal to voters on fiscal issues when they don’t sh...
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* Didn’t Dan Hynes suggest something like this during the campaign…
The Quinn administration plans a massive review of more than 250 government contracts made under former Gov. Rod Blagojevich to see if they need to be reduced or rebid.
The p...
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* My syndicated newspaper column this week is about a possible new funding source for capital projects: Slots at tracks…
The Statehouse is buzzing yet again with talk of a new gaming plan. This time, the players say, they have their acts together. R...
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* Alexi Giannoulias was hit on Friday over a possibly huge tax refund for his family…
The family of Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias stands to collect more than $10 million in federal tax refunds even if its Broadway Bank fails, whic...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 days 15 hours ago.
* And here we go…
Quinn for Illinois Statement on GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Bill Brady
The Republican nominee is from the extreme right wing of the party and far from the mainstream of Illinois voters. In his legislative career, Senator Bill Brady ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 days 15 hours ago.
* And here we go…
Quinn for Illinois Statement on GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Bill Brady
The Republican nominee is from the extreme right wing of the party and far from the mainstream of Illinois voters. In his legislative career, Senator Bill Brady ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 days 15 hours ago.
* And here we go…
Quinn for Illinois Statement on GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Bill Brady
The Republican nominee is from the extreme right wing of the party and far from the mainstream of Illinois voters. In his legislative career, Senator Bill Brady ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 days 15 hours ago.
* And here we go…
Quinn for Illinois Statement on GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Bill Brady
The Republican nominee is from the extreme right wing of the party and far from the mainstream of Illinois voters. In his legislative career, Senator Bill Brady ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 4 days 15 hours ago.
* And here we go…
Quinn for Illinois Statement on GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Bill Brady
The Republican nominee is from the extreme right wing of the party and far from the mainstream of Illinois voters. In his legislative career, Senator Bill Brady ...
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