Government - State
May 19, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By REGINA GARCIA CANO -
The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois General Assembly has just two weeks left in Springfield before it adjourns for the summer, leaving lawmakers with a tight deadline for action on issues including tackling the state’s pension crisis, gay marriage and how guns will be allowed to be carried in public.
May 19, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO – Seeking to keep pace with changing technology, Illinois toughened penalties Saturday for those who use social media and text messaging to organize violent “flash mobs” like those that have occurred on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue and in other tourist areas.
May 17, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By JOHN O'CONNOR - The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois Senate panel approved a measure Thursday allowing the carrying of concealed weapons, but the committee's move followed sharp questioning from Republicans concerning whether packing a gun in Chicago should require special permission and how authorities would determine who is fit to carry.
May 16, 2013 - 12:24 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois concealed carry legislation that requires special permission to have a gun in Chicago is scheduled for a Senate committee vote.
May 16, 2013 - 11:02 a.m.•By KEVIN P. CRAVER - kcraver@shawmedia.com
A bill stripping pension and insurance benefits from future appointees to Chicago-area mass-transit boards is on its way to Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By SARA BURNETT -
The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know – and who you’re related to – matters more than most. But the family drama shaping up around the next governor’s race adds a new layer of intrigue in a Capitol already grappling with huge financial problems.
May 14, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By SOPHIA TAREEN -
The Associated Press
CHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed state budget is a baby step in the right direction, a watchdog group’s analysis said Monday, but the governor may be overstating savings from a recent union contract negotiation and not putting enough toward roughly $9 billion unpaid bills.
May 12, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD – New estimates show the state of Illinois will lose $212 million in unpaid sales taxes from online purchases during 2013.
May 9, 2013 - 1:06 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says House Speaker Michael Madigan's pension-reform plan deserves a Senate vote.
May 7, 2013 - 9:35 a.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO – Illinois was able to pay some overdue bills this spring because of an unexpected influx in tax revenues as businesses and individuals rushed to sell assets before federal taxes increased, Gov. Pat Quinn said Tuesday.
May 6, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO – The Illinois Gaming Board’s chairman said changes made to a proposed gambling expansion bill are merely cosmetic.
May 5, 2013 - 6:52 p.m.•By SOPHIA TAREEN – The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn on Sunday vetoed a plan to increase electricity rates by up to $70 million — a proposal that Commonwealth Edison Co. had pitched as a way to get electrical grid modernization back on track.
May 3, 2013 - 1:11 p.m.•By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press
CHICAGO – Visitors to the nation’s third-largest city are usually spotted wandering the Magnificent Mile, snapping pictures of the Willis Tower and sampling Chicago-style deep dish pizza, but if some persistent Illinois lawmakers and Mayor Rahm Emanuel get their way, a glitzy casino would be on their agenda, too.
May 2, 2013 - 3:25 p.m.•By KEVIN P. CRAVER - kcraver@shawmedia.com
The Illinois House has passed a far-reaching pension reform package muscled through by Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan.
May 2, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By KEVIN P. CRAVER -
kcraver@shawmedia.com
State legislators have one month left in which to tackle legislation before the end of the spring session.
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