State’s budget gap growing
Illinois' austerity drive is failing to close a widening budget gap, meaning the next governor may face a monumental fiscal crisis as he takes office. Preliminary figures from legislative budget...
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Doctors lobby gives surprise nod to Blagojevich
Striking a serious blow to Jim Ryan's campaign for governor, the state's physicians lobby--long an unshakable financial ally of Republicans--has decided to endorse his Democratic opponent, sources said Thursday. The...
State goes to bat for young umps
With summer youth leagues well under way, Gov. George Ryan on Thursday signed into law a measure that lets young teenagers work as paid umpires and referees on ballfields around...
Burris says budget will fix self
Democratic candidate for governor Roland Burris said Monday that Gov. George Ryan and lawmakers are operating under a "sky-is-falling mentality" in looking to cut government spending, because the economic situation...
Arrests ease family’s pain
For more than a year, Lora Roscetti has been tortured by the idea that not only were the wrong men incarcerated for the murder of her daughter, but that the...
Union suing over budget cut
The union representing thousands of state workers said Tuesday that it will file suit against Gov. George Ryan's administration, challenging his authority to implement unilaterally one of his cost-saving measures...
Ryan relents on school closing
Moved by the plight of students ousted from a West Side home for the disabled, Gov. George Ryan on Monday rescinded a decision made during a budget cutting frenzy to...
A mayor who had hard act to follow
Purple and black bunting was draped over the entrance to City Hall on Wednesday as Chicago mourned Michael A. Bilandic, the quiet and unassuming son of immigrants who rose to...
Tough club drug law in effect
Recently fashionable on the club scene, the drug Ecstasy earns a new classification on Tuesday alongside hard-core drugs like cocaine and heroin. A new state law significantly harshens the penalties...
Ryan’s cancer may complicate campaign
Diagnosed with cancer for the third time in five years, Atty. Gen. Jim Ryan vowed Thursday to move forward with his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor but acknowledged...