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Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn says he may have to make drastic cuts and violate an agreement made with public unions to stretch the state budget through the end of the current fiscal year. The Chicago Tribune reported today that Quinn plans to lay off thou...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn, lawmakers, law enforcement officials and immigrants rights groups are pushing back after the federal government said the state could not opt out of an immigration program. Quinn sent a letter to the federal Immigration and Cu...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey DunnCatholic Charities organizations are appealing a court ruling that said the state has the right to end contracts with the organization for foster care and adoption services. Kendall Marlowe, spokesperson for the Department of Children and Fa...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
Regional superintendents are mulling an appeal to a ruling today denying their request for pay.Sangamon County Circuit Judge John Schmidt issued an order today saying that he did not have the power to force Gov. Pat Quinn to pay the superintendents. Quinn...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey DunnA circuit judge ruled today that he does not have the power to force Gov. Pat Quinn to pay regional school administrators who have not seen a paycheck since the start of the fiscal year. Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed the pay for regional superintende...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Regional superintendents will have to wait at least one more day to find out if they can expect pay checks in the near future. In June, Gov. Pat Quinn used his veto pen to slash the funding for their salaries from the budget lawmakers sent h...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn has grown impatient with efforts to work out a compromise over the massive gaming expansion passed in the closing days of the spring legislative session. Today, he called on lawmakers to send him the bill. Senate President Joh...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Prosecutors say former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has no grounds to fight his conviction on corruption charges. A federal jury convicted Blagojevich on 17 out of 20 counts in June. Blagojevich’s lawyers filed a complaint earlier this m...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Education administrators who have not been compensated for three months are suing the state for their pay checks, but Gov. Pat Quinn says the issue can be resolved outside of court. Quinn used his veto pen to cut the more than $11 million th...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn A court ruled today that Illinois does not have to continue contracts with Catholic Charities organizations across the state because the group said it would not place children with couples in civil unions.The state ended contracts with Catho...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
State Treasurer Dan Rutherford takes the podium at the fair.
By Jamey Dunn Illinois Republicans are optimistic about their party’s chances in the 2012 elections, if they can get their message across to voters. “I think that America’s going to be lo...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn was met with demands from all sides as he hosted Governor’s Day at the Illinois state fair. Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees gathered at the entrances to the fair today greeting...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Illinois' new Congressional and state legislative district maps face yet another lawsuit. The League of Women Voters of Illinois sued to have both maps tossed out, claiming they violate the First Amendment rights of voters by trying to contr...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn President Barack Obama called for a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Act before the beginning of the school year, but gridlock in Congress has led his administration to pursue a stopgap measure to keep thousands of schools from fail...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 5 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn used his veto pen today to urge lawmakers to end the legislative scholarship program for the second time in as many years. The governor rejected a bill last year that would have put a ban on lawmakers awarding the scholarships...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 6 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn The federal government says it does not need the state’s permission to continue an immigration enforcement program that Gov. Pat Quinn opted out of in May. Quinn wanted to pull Illinois out of the Secure Communities program, which calls up...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 6 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Regional superintendents say it will be difficult for them to stay on the job if they miss another paycheck, but no clear plan has emerged to pay them soon. “At this point I don’t believe we have the legal authority to pay them. We...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 6 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Illinois regional superintendents could start seeing paychecks in November if the legislature approves a deal they are working on with Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinn used his veto pen to take money for the administrators’ salaries out of the ...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 6 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn An agreement on funding for the Federal Aviation Administration would bring some Illinoisans back to work, but if the U.S. Senate cannot reach a deal, continued deadlock could delay construction projects throughout the state. Congress left f...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 6 months ago.
By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill today known as the Illinois DREAM Act, which will provide undocumented students opportunities for financial support for their college education. “We want to leave no talent behind. We want to make sure that eve...
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