SPRINGFIELD -- A company bypassed as a finalist to operate the Illinois Lottery is contemplating whether to challenge the selection process, which could delay when the lottery is turned over to private management.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady gave some details on Tuesday about his plan to create more jobs and acknowledged that parts of his plan would add as much as $1 billion to the state’s $13 billion budget deficit.
SPRINGFIELD -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady gave some details on Tuesday about his plan to create more jobs and acknowledged that parts of his plan would add as much as $1 billion to the state’s $13 billion budget deficit.
It’s been one of the flashpoints of the 2010 campaign for governor: Is Illinois’ business climate friendly enough to bring in new employers and encourage existing ones to expand?
Do you ever get the feeling sometimes that you’re reliving the Blagojevich experience only this time with an honest governor? That, once again, we’re seeing high hopes turned into zip?
Illinois’ five state-funded pension systems are faced with selling assets to pay for retiree pension benefits, in part because state government isn’t paying its share of pension costs.
Illinois’ five state-funded pension systems are faced with selling assets to pay for retiree pension benefits, in part because state government isn’t paying its share of pension costs.
Non-union state workers will be able to use vacation and personal days to fulfill their furlough days requirement under new rules developed by Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration.
The director of a reform group who pushed the 2003 ethics law that Gov. Pat Quinn’s former chief of staff ran afoul of said Jerry Stermer’s resignation over three prohibited e-mails was “overkill.”
SPRINGFIELD -- The director of a reform group who pushed the 2003 ethics law that Gov. Pat Quinn’s former chief of staff ran afoul of said Jerry Stermer’s resignation over three prohibited e-mails was “overkill.”
Non-union state workers will be able to use vacation and personal days to fulfill their furlough days requirement under new rules developed by Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady on Thursday downplayed the political effect of Rod Blagojevich’s felony conviction, but it took his party less than two minutes at its Illinois State Fair rally to bring it up.
Illinois has borrowed more than $2.2 billion from the federal government since July 2009 to pay unemployment benefits. The good news is the state has not had to borrow since April, and the loan is interest-free for now.
Impeachment. Recall. Ethics reform. Democrats spent their day at the Illinois State Fair Wednesday rehashing the talking points they’ll be using in the fall election campaigns in the wake of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s unresolved federal corruption charges.
Impeachment. Recall. Ethics reform. Democrats spent their day at the Illinois State Fair Wednesday rehashing the talking points they’ll be using in the fall election campaigns in the wake of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s unresolved federal corruption charges.
With federal prosecutors hoping to bring Rod Blagojevich back to trial on at least some of the 23 counts on which the jury could not reach a decision, his legal record is far from set. But his effect on state law will affect campaigns and administrations to come.
Rod Blagojevich might be in a whole lot more trouble today if his trial had been held in Springfield instead of Chicago, according to a local criminal defense attorney.
Like the jury in Rod Blagojevich’s federal corruption trial, state and local officials were split over the verdict and where the state goes from here.
Illinois' registered voters would rather the state budget get balanced with cuts rather than borrowing or tax increases, according to a new poll commissioned by the Illinois Policy Institute.
If you owe taxes to the state, you’re about to get a break.
