Feb25
By Kristen McQueary – Chicago News Cooperative
Following Republican criticism he didn’t announce budget cuts during his Feb. 1 State of the State address, Gov. Pat Quinn proposed chopping $420 million from agency budgets Wednesday through state facility closures and consolidations.
Delivering his …
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Feb24
by Matt Connoly and Kristen McQueary — Chicago News Cooperative
Lawmakers in the Illinois House earned an extra $661,000 last year for serving as committee officers, even though some committees met fewer than five times and a handful met once, a Chicago …
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Feb19
By Kristen McQueary — Chicago News Cooperative
Even though one-third of Illinois’ schools have been placed on financial watch lists by the state Board of Education, leading Democrats are moving closer toward a plan that would shift teacher retirement costs from …
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Feb18
By Kristen McQueary — Chicago News Cooperative
When Gov. Pat Quinn announces Medicaid cuts from a Springfield podium next week, Dr. Jason Grinter will be in the operating room of a Chicago hospital, treating Medicaid patients.
Grinter is a dentist whose appointment book includes hundreds …
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Feb04
By Kristen McQueary – Chicago News Cooperative
Despite bipartisan support for pension and Medicaid reform — two programs Gov. Pat Quinn acknowledged during his State of the State speech Wednesday need fixing — Illinois lawmakers are on course to spend the least …
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