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Illinois: More in middle class turn to food banks
Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 10 hours ago
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn hands out groceries on Wednesday from the Greater Chicago Food Depository at St.
Tags: Chicago, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Food bank, Pantry, Hunger, Illinois, Tareen, Food, Social Issues, Pat Quinn, Food politics, Waukegan Illinois, Feeding America, Columbanus
Kane Dems endorse Quinn
Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 14 hours ago
Credibility At their monthly meeting at the Kane County Government Center in Geneva, the Kane Democrats voted 81-5 -- with four members voting present -- to endorse Quinn over the challenger, state Comptroller Dan Hynes. "Gov. Quinn is a man for the people -- all...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Kane County Democrats, Mark Guethle, endorse quinn, Chicago, Politics, Daniel Hynes, Kane, Democratic Party of Illinois, Politics of Illinois, Glenn Jacobs
State moves for quick sale of Thomson prison
Springfield :: MO :: USA | about 18 hours ago
Credibility A key state lawmaker wants to fast-track hearings on the possible sale of the Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government, a move made easier when the Quinn administration filed its recommendation for closing the prison. The Thomson prison has...
Tags: Thomson Correctional Center, Sen. Jeff Schoenberg, terrorism suspects, federal government, Pat Quinn, Springfield, Politics, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Pontiac Correctional Center, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Prison, Penology
Quinn OKs 133 clemency bids
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Gov. Pat Quinn approved 133 clemency petitions on Wednesday, the eve of Thanksgiving, as part of the administration's attempt to drive down the huge backlog of nearly 2,500 cases that piled up under impeached ex- Gov. Rod Blagojevich . Quinn granted pardons...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago, Rod Blagojevich controversies, Video game censorship, Rod Blagojevich corruption charges, Pardon
Illinois: Senate to study discipline gap
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The Illinois Senate will try to find the cause of a gaping racial disparity in how schoolchildren are disciplined, officials said Tuesday. Lawmakers will form a study group to review numbers reported by The Associated Press that show blacks account for...
Tags: Illinois Senate, Springfield, Rod Blagojevich controversies, Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives, Dale Risinger, School punishment, Suspension, Rod Blagojevich, Politics, Esther Golar, Social Issues, Video game censorship, John Cullerton, United States Department of Justice, Pat Quinn, Education, Federal Bureau of Investigation
'Hair' is back in Illinois politics
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Republican Andy McKenna is launching an ad Monday that again uses former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's hair as a symbol of corruption. McKenna got huge amounts of attention with earlier ads showing people, and even the state Capitol, taken over by Blagojevich's...
Tags: Andy McKenna, Chicago Tribune, Springfield, Illinois State Senators, Pat Quinn, Jim Oberweis, Daniel Hynes, Politics, McKenna, Governor of Illinois, Trover, Rod Blagojevich, Video game censorship
Gov. Quinn ushers in deer season, encourages outdoor recreation
Pittsfield :: IL :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Director Marc Miller and Pike County Farm Bureau President Terry Rush at Blue River Farm near Pittsfield, according to a press release from the governor's office. Tens of thousands of deer hunters were in the field in West-Central Illinois and throughout...
Tags: Pat Quinn, outdoor recreation, West-Central Illinois, deer season, Pittsfield, Deer, Illinois, Illinois state parks, Hunting
Naperville tells Quinn no to income tax increase
Naperville :: IL :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Some said afterward they believe he can make positive changes while others took issue with some of his plans, specifically his proposal for an income tax hike. Quinn visited with members of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce as part of the group's...
Tags: income tax, Pat Quinn, tax increase, Naperville, businesses community, DuPage County Illinois, Naperville Illinois, Will County Illinois, Income tax in the United States, Taxation, Tax reform, Finance, Social Issues, Business Finance
Quinn: New taxes needed to fix budget
Aurora :: CO :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Gov. Pat Quinn said Thursday that a tax increase he proposed earlier in the year would be the best way to help the Fox Valley's social services, some of whom have not received any state money in five months. The state is now $4.2 billion behind in paying...
Tags: Pat Quinn, tax increase, Aurora, Daniel Hynes, Social Issues
Political angles to Ill. plan for terror suspects
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Even candidates on the same side of the issue can end up using sharply different language. Gov. Pat Quinn focuses largely on the jobs that would accompany housing the Guantanamo Bay detainees in an Illinois prison. His chief rival in the Democratic primary,...
Tags: Comptroller Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn, missions accomplished, Illinois, Chicago, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Jesse Jackson Jr., Barack Obama, Political parties in the United States, International Democrat Union, Jackson Michigan, Politics, Government of Illinois, Governor of Illinois, Daniel Hynes, Rod Blagojevich, Social Issues, Labor, Debate
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