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Measure would make it legal to record IL cops in public
February 8, 2012 By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers are working to erase a state prohibition on recording police in public that carries the same penalties as trafficking in drugs.
IL lawmakers underwhelmed with Quinn’s speech
By Benjamin Yount and Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Jerry and Melanie Howlett didn’t get to watch Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the State speech Wednesday afternoon.
Quinn to focus on jobs, lawmakers want more than talk
January 31, 2012 By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD – When Governor Pat Quinn steps behind the podium to deliver his state of the state speech, lawmakers who will be listening say he’d better have some specifics to back up his talk of jobs.
Failed security program prompts criminal accusations in Illinois
January 9, 2012 By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Missing and unused equipment as well as a lack of training is what more than $45 million of taxpayers’ money got Cook County residents.
llinois puts self at front of payment line
By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois owes a lot of money to a lot of people, including itself, and thanks to legislation passed in 2010, the state is in the front of the line to get repaid. While the funds were being depleted, the state was putting off paying the money it owed to businesses, health-care providers and schools.
State puts self at front of payment line
January 6, 2012 By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois owes a lot of money to a lot of people, including itself, and thanks to legislation passed in 2010, the state is in the front of the line to get repaid.
IL residents take battle against smart meters to court
By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — A debate over the usefulness of smart meters versus potential security and privacy in the Illinois city of Naperville has spilled into the courts. The referendum asks residents to vote on using smart meters in their city.
Quinn inks pension reform
January 5, 2012 By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn closed the headline grabbing double-dipping loophole in Illinois’ pension system, but critics say legal questions and pension costs also must be addressed.
Fed crackdown on online food stamp fraud empowers IL
December 7, 2011 By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD —The federal government is trying to crack down on abuse of food stamp benefits, as the cost of the nationwide program continues to climb toward record heights.
Closing Illinois institutions: Cost savings or cost shifting?
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Closing mental health and developmental institutions in Illinois will save at least $50 million a year — eventually. Lawmakers earlier this week ensured that the Tinley Park, Singer and Chester mental health centers and the Mabely and Jacksonville developmental centers will stay open by shifting nearly $300 million inside of the state budget. But as workers and families of those in the institutions breathe a sigh of relief, Gov.