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Archive of Illinois on Monday June 29, 2009
IL: Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield to face budget deadline
As lawmakers return to Springfield on Monday with an unsettled state budget and a deadline to act staring them down, the rhetoric behind potential drastic social service cuts has become clouded by questions of credibility from the governor on down. Read More
IL: Former govs tell Quinn to play hardball on budget
Former Republican Govs. Jim Edgar and Jim Thompson say lawmakers are getting off easy in this budget fight and the state's current chief executive needs to ramp up the pressure. Read More
Tracking the recession: Budget deadline looms
Unlike the federal government, states have to balance their budgets. But several states still have not completed spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Read More
MO: Bombing suspect had supremacist history in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The white supremacist charged in a 2004 mail bombing in Arizona has a history of hate group activity in Missouri and Oklahoma, including claims that he sent a note of support to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in 1996 but condemned the killings, an expert says. Read More
IL: State Senate yet to confirm state police director
The Illinois Senate still hasn't approved Gov. Pat Quinn's selection of a 29-year-old with no police experience to head the Illinois State Police. Read More
IL: State budget mess leaves plenty of questions
With lawmakers returning to the Capitol today to take another crack at balancing the state's budget, the Daily Herald seeks to answer some of the basic questions behind the current situation. Read More
IL: Patti Blagojevich back in Chicago, thankful
Former Illinois first lady Patti Blagojevich said Friday morning that making new friends during her time on NBC's reality show "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" helped her get over those she's lost since her husband's arrest on federal corruption charges. Read More
IL: $3.5 million cut could cost $2 billion
It's hard to get attention for your planning agency's budget problems when services for the poor are in trouble. Someone in a wheelchair in need of nursing help is a more sympathetic figure than an urban planner with a blueprint. Read More
IL: Highway, transit funds put in limbo
How long can we wait for a new federal transportation act? As long as necessary to craft a good bill, says Brian Imus, director of the Illinois Public Interest Research Group. Read More
US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work. Read More |
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