Illinois Channel
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
From the Office of Governor Rod Blagojevich
Governors Special Healthcare Advocate Dick Kay travels throughout Illinois to highlight problems of the uninsured and to promote Governors \"Illinois Covered plan to give all families and small businesses...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
From the Office of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today made the following statement regarding todays unsolicited $9.7 billion all-stock bid for the Chicago Board of Trade by IntercontinentalExchange:...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
From the Office of U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
Washington, DC -- U.S. Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement in response to reports that the Justice Department fired attorneys at the recommendation of White House officials:
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Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from the gov's press office
HARRISBURG Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today traveled to Midwest Fabrication & Repair, Inc. to talk about the benefits of his ambitious proposal to help small businesses, which includes providing greater access to aff...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from the IL Senate GOP press office
Senate as the Governor unveiled his latest spending plan and a major fiscal reform package was introduced by the Senate Republican Caucus, according to State Sen. Dale Risinger (R-Peoria).
In a combined State of the...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from the Gov's Press Office
CHICAGO Governor Rod R. Blagojevich was joined today by Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Arne Duncan and Chicago Teachers Union President Marilyn Stewart at Nettelhorst Elementary to build support for Helping Kids Le...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from Action for ChildrenCHICAGO Illinois Action for Children and the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law today lauded Governor Rod Blagojevichs proposed budget. The proposal supports a continued increase for Preschool for All to expand acce...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
In addition to carrying the Governor's speech, we taped quite a few reactions of legislators and others, who both supported the Governor and opposed the Governor's proposals. The Illinois Channel will air the speech and reactions as a special two-hour ...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
From Sen. Brady's office
Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) today launched a new website StopRod.org to give Illinois citizens an opportunity to learn how Governor Blagojevichs massive new tax increase may affect them and to register their opposition t...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
The governor's Budget Office briefed reporters last night, and the news is supposed to be embargoed until the delivery of the speech.
So while we won't provide details now.. this will be an historic speech, should the governor get the legislature to ...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from Sen. Durbin's office
[WASHINGTON, DC] U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today sent a letter to President Bush asking that Iraqi war veteran Tammy Duckworth be appointed to the bipartisan Presidential Commission tasked with conducting a comprehensiv...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from Sen. Obama's press office
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Arlen Specter (R-PA), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), and Norm Coleman (R-MN) today reintroduced legislation tha...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from Ameren
Springfield/Peoria/Decatur (3/5/2007) Ameren Illinois utility (AmerenCIPS, AmerenCILCO and AmerenIP) natural gas customers have received positive news in the form of significantly lower natural gas costs as compared to one year ago.
The co...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from the Gov's press office
CHICAGO Governor Rod. R. Blagojevich today announced Illinois Covered, his historic and comprehensive plan to give every Illinoisan access to affordable and quality health coverage. While the Governors All Kids plan, ...
Posted by Illinois Channel 1 year ago.
from the Gov's press office
CHICAGO On Sunday, March 4, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich will announce his comprehensive and historic plan to make sure every Illinoisan has access to affordable quality health coverage. The Governor will join families and ...
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...
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