Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
The Press Release is from the Office of Sen. Brady.
SPRINGFIELD State Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) is asking Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to determine if the University of Illinois Board of Trustees violated any laws when they made th...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
Comptroller Dan Hynes released his report on the state's Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2006. According to the Comptroller, the state's budget was in the red by $2,328,000,000.
So much for the mandated balanced budget at the state level.
The Good N...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
(Crains) Billionaire investor Sam Zell for the first time publicly acknowledged Thursday that he may make a bid to buy Tribune Co
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from the Senator's press office
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today made the following statement about the 9-11 Commission Recommendations bill now being debated on the Senate floor.
Remarks are available at the following mp3 l...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
Yesterday's meeting in the House of the Committee of the Whole was rare.. we'll have to wait to see if it was historic.
But what is clear is that the utility companies -- Ameren and ComEd -- are in deep trouble in the Illinois House. What friends A...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from Ameren
Testimony of Scott Cisel, President and CEO, Ameren Illinois Utilities,
before the Illinois House of Representatives Committee of the Whole
Hearing on Electric Deregulation
February 27, 2007
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, Chairman Scu...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from the Lt. Gov's press office
(SPRINGFIELD) -- To teach high-handed utility companies a lesson about trying to overcharge hard-pressed customers, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn is backing the Ratepayer Relief Act of 2007 legislation to roll back electric rates...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
OBAMA STATEMENT ON TROOPS DEPLOYED TO
IRAQ WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING
U.S. Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement:
Last week, we learned that 14,000 National Guard members from five states are being called up for a second tour of du...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
FROM Sen. Durbin's office[Washington, DC] U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sent letters to the U.S. Transportation Secretary, Mary Peters and the President of American Eagle, Peter Bowler, urging them to strongly consider other airlines' applicati...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
Sen. Emil Jones blocked any movement of an effort to halt the rate increase last November, during the Fall Veto Session, but Speaker Madigan is not to be deterred.
HB-1750, which would roll back the rate increase on electricity that went into effect...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
As noted in an earlier post, Utilities Oversight Cmte. Chairman George Scully held a press conference Friday Morning with other legislators, to push for House Bill 1750.
That bill would not only roll back the electic rate increases incurred since Ja...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
DES MOINES - U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today released the following statement on former Governor Tom Vilsack's announcement:\"Tom Vilsack is an outstanding public servant whose initiatives in Iowa on education reform, health care and altern...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
DES MOINES - U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today released the following statement on former Governor Tom Vilsack's announcement:\"Tom Vilsack is an outstanding public servant whose initiatives in Iowa on education reform, health care and altern...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
Rep. George Scully led a packed news conference at the State Capitol this morning to announce the House of Representatives will meet in the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday at 1 pm.. with the intention of building support for HB 1750 -- which would rol...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
Illinois Governor reaches out to his Missouri counterpart
And says two sides should meet and resolve differences
SPRINGFIELD - Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today applauded a vote by the East-West Gateway Council of Governments in favor of the Martin Lu...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
Illinois citizens will be given an opportunity to comment onreforms to the Statešs capital punishment system at a public meeting onFebruary 26 at 10 A.M. in the Auditorium, on the Concourse Level of theJames R. Thompson Center, Chicago, IL, be...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from the Gov's press office
CHICAGO Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced that Illinois Division of Child Support Enforcement is one of the nations leaders in child support collected through the federal Passport Denial program. In 2006, Illino...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
The University of Illinois' mascot, Chief Illiniwek, has danced his last war dance according to the University officials. The Chief has been under fire by NCAA officials who claimed it was an insult to American Indians. As a result of the school's ...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from Sen. Durbin's office
WASHINGTON Today, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Gordon Smith (R-OR), and Sam Brownback (R-KS) called on the U.S. Department of State and the Centers of Disease Control and Preve...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from Sen. Durbin's press office
Washington, DC] U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Barack Obama (D-IL), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) along with Congressmen Phil Hare (D-IL) and Bruce Braley (D-IA) today sent the following letter to Sec...
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