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Tag: Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan

Pandemic, social unrest, political scandals top 2020

Pandemic, social unrest, political scandals top 2020

— December 31, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – It was a year like no other, and one most Americans would just as soon forget, but 2020 is sure to last in the history books as one of the most tumultuous in modern…

  • Surprise ripples through Statehouse after Senate President Cullerton announces retirement

    Surprise ripples through Statehouse after Senate President Cullerton announces retirement

    — November 15, 2019

    SPRINGFIELD — Senate President John Cullerton will resign from the General Assembly sometime in January, he told his caucus in a meeting after the fall veto session concluded Thursday,…

  • Governor, Democrats exchange barbs after special session fizzles

    Governor, Democrats exchange barbs after special session fizzles

    — July 31, 2017

    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…

  • Temporary state budget fix gets few cheers

    Temporary state budget fix gets few cheers

    — July 2, 2016

    For a state that has been livin’ on a prayer – and court decrees – for agency funding, a stopgap budget that only gets “halfway there” seems both ironic and appropriate. State…

  • Budget drama takes toll on college students’ financial support

    Budget drama takes toll on college students’ financial support

    — March 7, 2016

    Many students in higher learning institutions across the state have a burning question that has yet to be answered despite months of debate. It is not the age-old stickler “What is…

  • Illinois government leaders square off over school funding

    Illinois government leaders square off over school funding

    — August 22, 2017

    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…

  • School funding caught in Springfield’s ‘game of chicken’

    School funding caught in Springfield’s ‘game of chicken’

    — July 22, 2017

    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:…

  • Independent Maps petitions pass challenge

    Independent Maps petitions pass challenge

    — May 31, 2016

    The Independent Maps group announced May 24 that they had passed a signature inspection by the Illinois State Board of Elections that moved the proposed redistricting amendment one…

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