Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/state-budget-impasse/page/2/)
Angling for a Republican takeover of the state legislature, Gov. Bruce Rauner and his allies are pouring millions into local races to advance their agenda.
By keeping youth prisons open, the state is actually spending more on incarcerating fewer and fewer young offenders according to a new report.
Aside from Chicago teachers, thousands of Illinois public employees have worked without contracts for over a year as the governor remains hostile.
The cash-strapped school district eliminated a unit that helped eligible families sign up for public benefits. Now it could lose millions of dollars in state poverty grants, while thousands of children go without food and health insurance.
His governorship so far is a case study for the idea that lower taxes and fewer services are key to spurring the economy.
The state budget standoff jeopardizes college access & affordability for low-income, first-generation students who depend most heavily on state aid and publicly funded universities like Chicago State.
Continuing his crusade against unions, the governor is stonewalling contract negotiations with the mostly female and minority low-wage workers providing care for seniors, the disabled and children.
Gov. Bruce Rauner will use any and every pressing problem facing Illinois to push his anti-union crusade.
The State of Illinois and the City of Chicago both entered into complex interest rate swaps that have backfired. A new report explains how the borrowing scheme backed by banks leaves the public picking up the tab in the middle of the state budget crisis.
One hundred thirty thousand college students in Illinois are on the brink of a crisis that no one is talking about. These are the low-income students who were counting on the state’s Monetary Award Program (MAP) to afford tuition payments. But with the state budget process at a grinding halt, they face the threat of having to “pay back” thousands of dollars in financial aid that they already were promised. If money for MAP isn’t appropriated in the next couple of weeks, those students will face a terrible decision. MAP gives assistance to students who demonstrate financial need, and I know firsthand the difference that it can make.