It continues to be a numbers game as a vote is scheduled for this week on overriding the governor’s veto on school funding. Can House Speaker Michael Madigan and the Democrats convince…
Gov. Bruce Rauner on Aug. 7 signed House Bill 2371, requiring all executive branch State of Illinois employees responsible to the governor, not including public university employees,…
Springfield’s “special session” last week by the General Assembly brought the state no closer to resolution of school funding for the upcoming school year. The Democrat-crafted…
The Illinois General Assembly lurched into a budget breakthrough July 6 when the House voted to 71-42 (with five members not voting) to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of a 32…
Gov. Bruce Rauner summoned lawmakers back to Springfield for a 10-day extended session before the June 30 end of the fiscal year. In an atmosphere of distrust and partisan fighting,…
As the clock ticked toward opening day for Illinois schools, Gov. Bruce Rauner and Springfield Democrats seemed even more far apart on a compromise that would allow school districts…
Whether Illinois schools will receive state funds to open in the fall will depend on a compromise between two parties that have historically not been very good at working together:…
Gov. Bruce Rauner has promised to veto SB 1839, a multi-subject telecom bill passed by both houses in the General Assembly. But the bill has never been delivered to the governor’s…
