Posted by Illinois Issues blog 6 months ago.
The Illinois Senate is expected Tuesday to vote on a proposal to change the Constitution so that the state could have a graduated income tax rate rather than the current flat rate (3 percent on individuals and 5 percent on corporations). That's according ...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 6 months ago.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich escaped what would have been a media frenzy today by sneaking around Springfield for the annual Governors Prayer Breakfast and, according to the first lines of his speech, another meeting in the governors mansion about a state capit...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
By Bethany JaegerDark shades blocked the sunshine from entering a packed committee room at the Capitol Wednesday, when a nasty political storm between Senate Democrats exposed reasons the legislative process has been so frustrating the past few years.Its...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
By Bethany JaegerOn the same day Gov. Rod Blagojevich issued a massive executive order to combine more state agency functions, a Cook County judge ordered that Blagojevichs administration has to stop expanding a state health program to middle-income adul...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
By Bethany JaegerThursdays House rejection of a new state income tax structure isnt a done deal. We knew it could come back in some form, but Rep. Gary Hannig, a Litchfield Democrat and deputy majority leader, filed a motion to reconsider after yester...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
By Bethany Jaeger and Patrick OBrienAt the same time Gov. Rod Blagojevich and top Democrats and Republicans met in his Statehouse office to talk about a long awaited capital plan, House members one floor above rejected an idea Thursday to help pay for it...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
By Patrick O'BrienA controversial plan to shut down part of the Stateville prison in Joliet became just a bit more contentious after a packed meeting at the Statehouse Wednesday.The director of the states prisons told a House committee that the reclassif...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
Chicago-area legislators try every year to approve gun control measures. They narrowly rejected two this afternoon, and they could get another chance to vote on another measure Thursday. The effort highlights the striking fact that 20 Chicago Public Schoo...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
Gov. Rod Blagojevichs health care plan emerged in Plan D today (we wrote about Plan C last fall). But the administration may have to develop Plans E, F and G before his desired expansions become law.The health care plan was repeatedly denied as an execut...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
Go ahead. Throw in your two cents.Illinois Issues magazine, with the Center for State Policy and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Springfield, now accepts comments on the Illinois Issues Blog.Our Statehouse bureau has blogged since spring 2006....
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
By Patrick OBrien Lawmakers still dont know why Gov. Rod Blagojevich gave a $1 million grant to the wrong organization. The administration sent Deputy Gov. Louanner Peters to take the grilling Wednesday before a House committee, whose members say there ...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
The Illinois General Assembly is quickly moving a lot of legislation this week since returning from a two-week spring break. Here's a sample of bills to watch, which is an addendum to the list published in Illinois Issues magazine this month:State Board o...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 7 months ago.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to host a series of leaders meetings at the executive mansion in Springfield starting April 10, according to a letter from former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard....
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 8 months ago.
By Patrick O'BrienHouse Democrats tried again Wednesday to advance measures designed to curb gun violence.For instance, if children got hold of their parents guns, which they legally owned and registered, then parents could be held responsible under a pr...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 8 months ago.
By Patrick O'BrienIncreases in Medicaid payments to doctors would cost Illinois at least $300 million a year, according to testimony at a Senate committee today. A measure attempts to increase the rate at which the state reimburses doctors at a time when ...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 8 months ago.
by Patrick OBrien The State of Illinois is passing the buck on veterans tuition grants to universities, according to testimony at a House committee Thursday. Schools whose bottom lines already suffer from years of reduced funding are being forced to bea...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 8 months ago.
A powerful lobbyistBy Patrick OBrienThe task of getting a capital bill passed in Illinois just got a powerful new ally Wednesday. Gov. Rod Blagojevich enlisted former speaker of the U.S. House Dennis Hastert, a Republican, to co-chair a bipartisan group ...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 8 months ago.
Moment of silenceBy Bethany JaegerA majority of the Illinois House reversed its position Tuesday about mandating schools to observe a moment of silence to start each school day. Supporters of the reversal included Democrats and Republicans, who argued tha...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 8 months ago.
Senate President Emil Jones Jr.s name appears on the list of sponsors of a version of a tax swap that would reform the way Illinois pays for public education. His support is a reversal from the Democratic leaders alliance with the governor last year b...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 8 months ago.
Take a break from whats happening in Illinois Public Official A, Democratic infighting, fiscal implosion and think abroad. State Rep. Jim Watson, a Jacksonville Republican, reports to us from Iraq, where hes expected to serve a nine-month tour of du...
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