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Illinois Senate President John Cullerton standing with State Senator Terry Link of Waukegan, discusses starting over with the state budget at a press conference at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago Wednesday July 22, 2015. (Nancy Stone/baiduhai)

Cullerton tries to play statesman, ends up in budget muck

May 15, 2019 at 2:51 p.m.

Senate President John Cullerton stepped to the microphone Wednesday at the Thompson Center in the Loop and tried to play statesman in the Springfield stalemate, calling for a do-over on...

High court denies Lisa Madigan bid for ruling on state worker paychecks

May 15, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up the question of whether state employees can be paid in full during the ongoing budget impasse, setting the stage for...

The Rev. Corey Brooks speaks before he unveils the details of his plan to raise funds for a community center by walking across the country from New York City to Los Angeles.

Rauner names ‘rooftop pastor’ to Tollway board

May 15, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has appointed a key African-American campaign supporter to serve on the Illinois Tollway board. Corey Brooks, pastor at New Beginnings Church of Chicago, was named to...

Lawmakers fail to override Rauner budget vetoes

May 25, 2019 at 1:23 p.m.

Democrats who control the General Assembly were unable to corral enough votes to completely override Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's vetoes of a new state budget on Wednesday, leaving the state...

A male bobcat, injured by a car in 2005, resides in an outdoor enclosure at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn on Dec. 9, 2014.

Rauner signs bill allowing bobcat hunting in Illinois

May 15, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Hunting and killing bobcats will once again be legal in Illinois after Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday signed into law a bill that allows hunters to kill one bobcat...

Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger, shown at a news conference in Chicago on July 10, 2015, said she is planning to pay about 6,800 state workers Wednesday despite an ongoing legal fight.

Illinois state workers’ paychecks to go out as court fight continues

August 18, 2019 at 8:01 p.m.

Republican Comptroller Leslie Munger is forging ahead with plans to send out full paychecks to state workers Wednesday, despite an ongoing court battle over whether — and how much —...

House Minority Leader Jim Durkin sits in his chair at the Capitol in Springfield on July 9.

Madigan: Rauner’s ‘divide and conquer’ strategy won’t work

May 25, 2019 at 1:23 p.m.

House Democrats on Thursday stood united in advancing a temporary, one-month budget to keep core services of government operating amid the threat of a partial government shutdown, but the move...

Following a ruling July 9, 2015, Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger's office issued a statement saying she was moving forward with processing payroll for checks due to go out July 15.

Downstate judge rules state workers should be paid in full

May 15, 2019 at 2:49 p.m.

State employees should be paid in full while a budget impasse plays out at the Capitol, a downstate judge ruled Thursday. The decision in St. Clair County, near St. Louis,...

Jose Centen, from left, Elijah Harrison, Sharon Watkins and Robert Robinson, foreground, play a game of Jeopardy! at Clayton Residential Home in Chicago on July 6, 2015. The mental health facility is struggling financially as the state budget is mired in a political stalemate.

Illinois’ safety net snagged on budget mess

May 25, 2019 at 12:59 p.m.

Every year, they sign petitions, call their lawmakers and head to Springfield to fend off spending cuts. And every year, they somehow manage to squeeze the belt a little tighter,...

Rauner tries to isolate Madigan as Democrats hold firm

May 25, 2019 at 12:59 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner tried to isolate House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday, suggesting the veteran legislative leader was "in charge" and should wrangle Democrats into passing a $4 billion...

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