Quinn: Gambling Expansion Remains Up In The Air
Gov. Pat Quinn is telling reporters a decision on a bill to greatly expand casino gambling in Illinois is still very much up in the air.
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Gov. Pat Quinn is telling reporters a decision on a bill to greatly expand casino gambling in Illinois is still very much up in the air.
Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday appointed former state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias to serve as chairman of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), a non-paid, voluntary 11-member board, which governs the state's 48 community colleges.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reaffirming his opposition to raising taxes to close the City of Chicago's $635.7 million budget shortfall.
Gov. Pat Quinn flexed his veto power Wednesday by rewriting legislation in a way that would end the long practice of letting Illinois legislators hand out scholarships to state universities.
Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford says a new state law makes it easier for people to catch up with un-cashed paychecks they may have forgotten about, or never received.
As Wall Street stumbled after Standard and Poors downgraded the nation's debt, Senator Dick Durbin was saying Democrats and Republicans are going to make some hard choices if they are to get this country's finances under control.
The U.S. House of Representatives has decided not to pursue ethics sanctions against Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who was arrested last week while protesting in front of the White House.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is encouraging Chicago residents to go online and give their ideas for how the city could save money.
Illinois Tollway officials say the public will get its chance to sound off on proposals to raise the tolls to help fund a $12 billion capital construction plan.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is teaming up with Groupon to launch Chicago Ideas Week, a forum for all kinmds of ideas from technology to the arts.
Chicago area leaders are considering a new approach to the War on Drugs, but the State of Illinois still a distance from buying in.
President Barack Obama has returned to Washington, D.C., on his 50th birthday, after a star-studded fundraiser at the Aragon Ballroom in the Uptown neighborhood.
The Uptown neighborhood was host to a big celebration for President Barack Obama on Wednesday, for a combination birthday party and campaign fundraiser.
The Chicago Crime Commission on Wednesday said that legislation to allow for a massive expansion of gambling in Illinois is "deeply flawed" and would be bad for the state.
The chairman of the Illinois Republican Party does not approve of President Barack Obama's Chicago fundraiser that is coming Wednesday evening.
