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By the end of next week, Illinois will have gone a full nine months without a budget. And yet, the state's top politicians still aren't talking. The...
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The vitriol and finger-pointing over the gridlock in state government has amplified. University leaders are trying to keep their distance, even as they...
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As State Senator John Sullivan (D-Rushville) this week begins his 14th year in the Legislature, the governor and legislative leaders continue to stand…
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As we get ready to welcome 2016, we thought we’d take a few minutes to listen back to what’s been a difficult year in Illinois government and politics.…
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Even with all of its fiscal troubles Illinois will have to put nearly $8 billion into its retirement systems next year -- that's a quarter of the state...
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With Illinois in its sixth month without a budget, the state's top political leaders met Tuesday in Springfield. It was the first time they'd all gotten...
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Illinois is in uncharted territory. It'll soon hit its sixth month without a budget. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democrats who dominate the...
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Illinois has gone four and a half months without a budget. It's gone even longer -- five and a half months -- since the governor and leaders of the...
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Five months into operating without a state budget, Illinois Democrats and Republicans came together Tuesday to pass a budget bill. But it was a...
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The Illinois state budget was due July 1. Four months later it appears that Governor Rauner and Speaker Madigan are locked in a battle of wills with no…