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Tribune-inspired fugitives measure advances in Illinois Senate

May 16, 2019 at 9:54 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD — A family member of a fugitive could be charged with a felony for helping him flee from justice under legislation that a key Senate committee approved today.The measure...

Tribune-inspired fugitives measure advances in Illinois Senate

December 23, 2018 at 9:25 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — A family member of a fugitive could be charged with a felony for helping him flee from justice under legislation that a key Senate committee approved today.The measure...

Quinn says sales tax windfall could pay for schools

May 15, 2019 at 1:43 p.m.

Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn suggested Tuesday that better-than-expected sales-tax collections could be used to plug a hole in state school funding this year. The budget that lawmakers and Quinn approved...

Quinn says sales tax windfall could pay for schools

May 23, 2019 at 3:53 p.m.

Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn suggested Tuesday that better-than-expected sales-tax collections could be used to plug a hole in state school funding this year. The budget that lawmakers and Quinn approved...

Quinn’s bad news budget: ‘Our rendezvous with reality has arrived’

May 15, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn today delivered a bad news budget speech, calling for prison closures, layoffs and cutbacks to health care for the poor. "This budget contains truths you may...

Quinn’s bad news budget: ‘Our rendezvous with reality has arrived’

May 23, 2019 at 3:53 p.m.

Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn today delivered a bad news budget speech, calling for prison closures, layoffs and cutbacks to health care for the poor. "This budget contains truths you may...

Quinn asks lawmakers to put some skin in the game on pension, health care cuts

December 23, 2018 at 9:19 p.m.

Tired of shouldering the blame for the state's continued budget mess, Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday invited lawmakers to join him in cleaning up financial problems he contended were decades...

Illinois push begins for gay marriage, amid much skepticism

December 23, 2018 at 9:16 p.m.

— Less than a year since civil unions became legal in Illinois, a push to give same-sex couples the right to marry has emerged at the state Capitol with the...

Illinois strip clubs could face $5 ‘skin tax’

December 23, 2018 at 9:13 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois already charges so-called sin taxes on smokes, booze and casino gambling. Now state lawmakers are thinking about imposing a $5 skin tax to get into strip clubs....

Quinn names tax hike lawmaker to lead agriculture agency

May 15, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn found a spot for another state lawmaker who lost an election but voted as a lame duck for last year's major income-tax hike. The Democratic...

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