Medicaid Backlog Could Fall to $7 Billion Under Budget’s Bond Plan

By Mike Fourcher - July 26, 2017

A press release from a Chicago Democratic Representative Tuesday afternoon set off a flurry of chatter that Chicago-area House Democrats may not attend the special session beginning at noon today to protest Republican attempts to eliminate Chicago Public Schools funding.

Pension Plan Smoothes Out Payments, But Doesn’t Address $129.5B Liability

By Rae Hodge - July 25, 2017

After Senate President John Cullerton declined to send education funding reform bill SB1 to Governor Bruce Rauner’s desk on Monday, Gov. Rauner called a special session of the General Assembly, convening Wednesday at noon.

Gaming Board Pushes Rules Change, While Video Terminal Operator Pushes Influence

By Rae Hodge - July 21, 2017

The latest gaming bill effort, one that would legalize fantasy sports, seems doomed to die in the House this year, as the bill’s sponsors express little faith it will move.

Budget Breakdown Sees MAP Grants Rise While Community Colleges Take A Beating

By Mike Fourcher - July 19, 2017

The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules sped through its agenda in less than twenty minutes, pausing to defer rules from the Illinois Gaming Board and to question a Board of Education representative about the appropriateness of an emergency rule.

JCAR Expected To Address Video Gaming Terminal Operator Restrictions And Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Problems

By Rae Hodge - July 18, 2017

While Gov. Bruce Rauner’s efforts to redraw state worker contracts is tangled in the 4th District Appellate Court, his demand for require state workers to pay a heftier portion of their own health insurance costs was overridden in the budget appropriations bill.

Medicaid Backlog Could Fall to $7 Billion Under Budget’s Bond Plan

By Mike Fourcher - July 26, 2017

Pension Plan Smoothes Out Payments, But Doesn’t Address $129.5B Liability

By Rae Hodge - July 25, 2017

Gaming Board Pushes Rules Change, While Video Terminal Operator Pushes Influence

By Rae Hodge - July 21, 2017

Budget Breakdown Sees MAP Grants Rise While Community Colleges Take A Beating

By Mike Fourcher - July 19, 2017

JCAR Expected To Address Video Gaming Terminal Operator Restrictions And Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Problems

By Rae Hodge - July 18, 2017

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