IL: House votes to borrow money amid budget mess
The Illinois House wants to borrow $2.3 billion to help piece together a new state budget.
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Archive of Illinois on Tuesday June 30, 2009
IL: House votes to borrow money amid budget mess
The Illinois House wants to borrow $2.3 billion to help piece together a new state budget. Read More
IL: State minimum wage going up a quarter
Many workers will see a bit more in their paychecks when Illinois' minimum wage rises 25 cents an hour to $8 an hour Wednesday -- the second of a three-phase increase that will reach $8.25 July 1, 2010. Read More
MO: Illinois borrowing measure to avert cuts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois House on Monday overwhelmingly approved a complicated $2.2 billion borrowing plan designed to forestall massive social service cuts in the shadow of the state's protracted budget crisis. Read More
IL: Lack of state budget deal won't be felt right away
The state's budget year ends today, and lawmakers are nowhere near a deal on a spending plan with Gov. Quinn. Does that mean someone shuts off the lights of state government at midnight? In a word, no. Read More
IL: Ex-U of I official - 'wanted to deny' some students
A former admissions official at the University of Illinois testified Monday that the school should discontinue use of a special system for admitting politically connected students, saying there were students the office "wanted to deny, who we were told to admit." Read More
IL: Metra breaks ground on station near Sox park
More than a year behind schedule, Metra broke ground today on a new station at 35th Street on the Rock Island District Line to serve White Sox fans and college students while giving neighborhood residents another mass-transit option. Read More
IL: U. of I. admissions system changed in 2002, former employee says
The University of Illinois formalized its system for tracking clouted applicants after an unqualified student with ties to ex- Gov. Jim Thompson was rejected, angering a top administrator who reversed the decision, a former admissions worker testified Monday. Read More
US: EPA lists sites where coal ash may pose threat
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year. Read More
US: Ten states race to finish budgets
Ten states were scrambling Monday to pass budgets before a Tuesday deadline, with a handful -- including Arizona, Indiana and Mississippi -- facing the possibility of partial shutdowns if their legislatures don't act in time. Read More
US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. Read More
US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill. Read More
US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. Read More |
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