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Illinois daily news roundup

Illinois starts its fiscal year with a veto



The state's new budget year got off to a politically dubious start Wednesday when Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed what he called an inadequate plan to fund human-services programs and vowed a renewed push for an income tax increase.
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Tax increase showdown set in Springfield



Setting up a showdown over tax increases, Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday vetoed part of the state budget lawmakers had approved, saying it would have forced "disgraceful and shameful" cuts to Illinoisans who need state help the most.
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Stimulus eases community college troubles
By Kimberly Leonard, Special to Stateline.org

States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system.   Read More
Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds
By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer

States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes.   Read More
Illinois budget work on hold


It will be at least two weeks before Illinois gets a budget on the books. Under a plan that emerged Wednesday, lawmakers will return to the Capitol on July 14 in hopes of breaking a logjam that has left the state without a way to pay its bills.   Read More
People with kids, disabilities to feel the pinch without a state budget


Social service workers in the suburbs got advance notice of impending layoffs Wednesday, as confusion over funding reigned because of the state budget impasse.   Read More
Pat Quinn vetoes partial Illinois budget, as huge shortfalls loom


Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday carried out his threat to veto a partial state budget sent to him by the Legislature because it doesn't contain a tax increase that he says is crucial to overcoming a massive deficit and keeping the state running for a full year.   Read More
Illinois starts its fiscal year with a veto


The state's new budget year got off to a politically dubious start Wednesday when Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed what he called an inadequate plan to fund human-services programs and vowed a renewed push for an income tax increase.   Read More
Quinn adminstration outlines budget cuts


Gov. Pat Quinn says spending cuts of about $1 billion will be needed even if lawmakers eventually pass the income tax increase he's pushing for.   Read More
Parents fear loss of child care in budget impasse


RIVERTON — About five years ago, Molly Neal took custody of two grandchildren. One reason she did was that the state of Illinois would help pay her childcare costs. Today, Neal says, she doesn't know whether the state will keep that promise.   Read More
Quinn vetoes budget; workers will be paid


Following through on his threat, Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday vetoed part of the new state budget, triggering a return to Springfield later this month for lawmakers.   Read More
Investigators raid home, office of Cook County regional schools superintendent


Investigators raided the home and office of the Cook County regional schools superintendent Wednesday, carting out laptop computers, cell phones and boxes of files, sources said.   Read More
Mentally disabled in housing fight


Samuel Golden admits he wants to keep his 53-year-old daughter, who functions at the level of a 2-year-old, in what some critics would label a large "institution." Her life, he said, would deteriorate if she were forced to move into a smaller group home that couldn't provide adequate therapy and daily activities.   Read More
Number of Illinois vehicle owners driving without insurance is up slightly


Despite the ongoing recession, there has been only a slight increase in the number of Illinois vehicle owners who are taking risks by driving without the required liability insurance, according to data released by the state Wednesday.   Read More
Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes


More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes.   Read More
State budget woes worsen as deadline arrives


States across the country got their 2010 fiscal years off to a bumpy start Wednesday, as some faced shutdowns with their budgets in limbo and others braced for deep cuts after passing bare-bones plans to deal with recession-driven revenue shortfalls.   Read More
Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state


WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news.   Read More
California fails to break impasse as states struggle to meet budget deadlines


SAN FRANCISCO — With budget deadlines missed and coffers running empty on Wednesday, officials in California extended state employee furloughs, prepared i.o.u.'s and swapped blame as a gloomy new fiscal year dawned.   Read More
Governor Photo

 

Gov. Pat Quinn (D)
Sworn in: January 2009
Term expires: January 2011

 

State capital: Springfield
State nickname: The Prairie State
Lt. Gov.: Vacant, the attorney general is next in the line of succession
Secretary of State Jesse White (D)
Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D)
Senate President: John Cullerton (D)
House Speaker: Michael J. Madigan (D)





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