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Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Illinois education officials have decided to again try their hand at the federal Race to the Top competitive grant program. This time, the state wants money to fund early childhood programs. Illinois lost out on Race to the Top funds in the ...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Illinois education officials have decided to again try their hand at the federal Race to the Top competitive grant program. This time, the state wants money to fund early childhood programs. Illinois lost out on Race to the Top funds in the ...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn As lawmakers return to the Statehouse next week to consider several headline grabbing issues, they also may take up legislation that would affect the lives of the millions of Illinoisans living without health insurance. Under the federal hea...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn wants lawmakers to start over with new gaming legislation, but backers of the gambling expansion that passed last spring are not ready to walk away from the bill.“I think it was done in a hasty manner, and it has major flaws...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn wants lawmakers to start over with new gaming legislation, but backers of the gambling expansion that passed last spring are not ready to walk away from the bill.“I think it was done in a hasty manner, and it has major flaws...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn A day after House Speaker Michael Madigan rejected his plan to abolish legislative scholarships, Gov. Pat Quinn renewed his call for lawmakers to put an end to the embattled program.“We should abolish political scholarships altogether in I...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Lawmakers are looking to improve conditions for thethousands of migrant and seasonal workers who travel to Illinois to work inagriculture and other industries. One witness testifying before an Illinois Senate agriculture committeethis w...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn A legislative commission report paints a bleak picture for Illinois gaming revenues, and Gov. Pat Quinn says he plans to have specifics by the end of the month on what he wants for a gambling expansion bill.The Commission on Government Forec...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Illinois Democratic officials today used the ground breaking of a project aimed at reducing rail congestion to urge support of President Barack Obama’s jobs plan.Gov. Pat Quinn was joined by several of Illinois’ political elite, such as ...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 months ago.
By Jamey DunnGov. Pat Quinn is gearing up for a battle with legislators over smart grid legislation.Quinn toured the state today pushing back against backers of Senate Bill 1652, which he vetoed last month. Supporters say the measure would help the state...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn A prison watchdog group predicts that if Illinois cannot change the overcrowding and other serious conditions in its corrections system, it may face a court ordered solution in the future.The Chicago-based John Howard Ass...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn The same arbitrator who ruled that Gov. Pat Quinn owes state employees the raises he has refused to pay, found today that if Quinn moves forward with his plan to close state facilities, Illinois may end up owing some state employees even mor...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn A government commission seeking to cut extreme poverty in half in the state by 2015 says Illinois is moving in the opposite direction of that goal.A report released by the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty found that more th...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn A union representing public employees is asking lawmakersto slow down on their timeline to consider the closure of several statefacilities. According to Gov. Pat Quinn, the budget passed by lawmakers falls$313.5 million short of paying ...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn During down time between the spring legislative session and the fall veto session, Illinois lawmakers are meeting to address looming health care issues.A working group led by Chicago Democratic Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, who heads the House Huma...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Illinois landfills have an average of 23 years of capacity left if they continue to accept trash at current rates, which the state’s economic slump may be helping to keep down.In 2010, 43 Illinois landfills took in about 14 million tons of...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Juvenile justice advocates say that if Gov. Pat Quinn plans to close state facilities, he should consider shuttering some of the state’s juvenile prisons, which they say are far below capacity.“The numbers do not justify running eight se...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 months ago.
By Jamey DunnWhile some see Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to close several state facilities as tinged with partisan politics or as a headline grabbing strategy to put the screws to state legislators over the budget, some advocates see it as an opportunity.After...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 4 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn today followed though on his vow to veto a bill that he says asks too much of energy consumers in the name of progress.Quinn shot down Senate Bill 1652, legislation that would allow the state’s two largest utility companies,...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey DunnGov. Pat Quinn said his hands are tied by the budget approved by lawmakers as he announced a plan today to close seven state facilities and projected future cuts he says are needed to keep the state’s “core services” afloat. “It’s t...
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