Articles filed under Politics
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Rauner: State finances are 'stunningly bad'Nov 20, 2014 12:00 am - Republican Bruce Rauner tried to set the stage Thursday for the challenges he will face when he's sworn in as governor in January. “The financial condition of the state ...
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Editorial: Sinister signals: Lawmakers show their loyalties with vote on union staffing billNov 19, 2014 10:00 pm - With their votes on union-sponsored legislation involving firefighter contracts, lawmakers in the Illinois House and Senate have given some clear and none-too-pleasant s...
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Republicans: Keystone pipeline down, but not outNov 19, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is promising the new Republican majority will quickly resurrect Keystone XL pipeline legislation killed by D...
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Frerichs wins Illinois treasurer raceNov 19, 2014 12:01 am - Republican Tom Cross of Oswego on Wednesday conceded the historically close race for Illinois treasurer to Democrat Mike Frerichs of Champaign, ending speculation that t...
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Illinois Democrats get minimum wage hike movingNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate started advancing a plan Wednesday that would raise the state's minimum wage to $11 per hour by 2017, starting with an increase from $8...
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Senate panel: Mayor, firefighters should bargain over staffingNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - Firefighters won a round in their recent clash with mayors over whether the two sides should bargain over staffing levels. It's an issue suburban mayors have been fighti...
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SB16: A matter of give to vs. take from suburban schoolsNov 18, 2014 4:00 am - Some suburban districts would benefit, some lose
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Education coalition unveils policy reccomendationsNov 18, 2014 12:01 am - As legislators in Springfield debated school funding in Senate Bill 16, a group made up of some of the state's largest education associations debuted its own education r...
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One more try at Illinois-run insurance marketplace?Nov 18, 2014 12:01 am - Illinois lawmakers may have one more chance to approve a state-run health insurance marketplace during the fall legislative session that starts Wednesday. But it could b...
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Schools plead different sides of proposed state funding shakeupNov 18, 2014 12:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers Tuesday faced a parade of school officials, some begging the state to make them winners and the others fearing they'd soon be made loser...