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* This is pretty amazing, but, when I think about it, probably predictable…
Concerns about the shaky state budget, a new union labor contract and threats to alter state retirement plans have triggered a major exodus of state employees.
The State Em...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* From the Tribune…
A new survey of Chicago area mid-size businesses found 30 percent considered moving to another state in the past 12 months.
The firms weighing exits mainly were manufacturers with $10 million to $25 million in sales, according t...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* The Speaker introduced a similar proposal last year, but local governments opposed it, so Madigan revamped the idea…
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday proposed making it tougher to approve increases in pension benefits for public...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* It’s easy to just say “Cut people off All Kids coverage if they make too much money.” But, as always, there is a very strong human dimension to any budget cut. WBEZ has an article about one of the 4,000 children who will lose All Kid...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* This is gonna be a freaking zoo…
The lawyer for indicted state Rep. Derrick Smith says the Chicago Democrat plans to return to work in Springfield despite numerous calls from him to step down.
Victor Henderson told The Associated Press on Wednesda...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* In an impassioned column arguing against the closure of the Tinley Park Mental Health Center, Phil Kadner takes Gov. Pat Quinn to task…
I have tried to tell myself that Gov. Quinn has to be a realist, while Citizen Quinn could afford to be an idea...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* While this is kind of insulting to the Illinois Republicans, the cash money will be welcome news…
National Republicans have begun to intervene in a handful of key Senate and House battlegrounds where state parties are in disarray, seeking to head ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* From a State Journal-Register editorial…Of all the cuts proposed by Quinn as he grapples with a budget deficit of more than $7 billion, closing the state’s “supermax” prison should be among the most easily justifiable. Yet resistance has bee...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* This is one reason why I am no fan of the federal campaign finance laws. People get “busted” for allegedly “breaking” one of a kajillion confusing rules that aren’t really even rules…
Here’s yet another consequ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* 3:27 pm - I’ll have more in a few, but you can read the indictment by clicking here.
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* From the Tribune editorial board…
Emanuel raised, and Quinn discussed, the best idea of the night: that Illinois consider pension changes that the similarly Democratic state of Rhode Island adopted in November.
Briefly: Politicians in that state ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* Of all the letters written on behalf of John Harris for his sentencing hearing, this one stood out for me the most…
Blagojevich’s longtime executive assistant, Mary Stewart, said he was “very difficult to work with and for” and “basically ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* We’ll see how Oberhelman feels after the spring session ends, but maybe the legions of Illinois haters will finally take note…
Caterpillar Inc. chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman, who has raised concerns about state finances with the governor ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* The state government owes the Teachers Retirement System $43 billion in unfunded liabilities, about half of the state’s unfunded pension liability total. The State Journal Register got ahold of a memo sent by Dick Ingram, who runs TRS…
“T...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* Gov. Pat Quinn has all but nixed the idea of any state tax money going to help the Cubs…
Quinn told “The Don and Roma Show” on WLS that Illinois cannot afford to help the Cubs, “Well I’m not excited about that at all. Our State has...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* Many, many thanks to everyone who participated in my charity fundraisers last month. We raised something like $60,000 net for Lutheran Social Services of Illinois and another $4K for the Harrisburg tornado victims. Plus, we had a heckuva lot of fun.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* Rep. Derrick Smith’s attorney made some explosive allegations last week…
Victor Henderson, the lawyer for accused Illinois State Representative Derrick Smith tells “The Don and Roma Show” on WLS, that the reason federal authoriti...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 1 month ago.
* 4:35 pm - In a move that will surely stun the political establishment, sources say that Congressman Tim Johnson (R-Urbana) intends to drop out of his reelection race. I’m told by sources that the timing is “imminent” and there will li...
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