Republican gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard this morning raised doubts over rival Jim Ryan's proposal to privatize Illinois' highways, calling for guarantees that tolls would not "skyrocket" if a private owner took them over.
In a Chicago press conference today, Dillard also attacked Gov. Pat Quinn for allowing an unpublicized early-release program for state prisoners, and he condemned a plan to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to the job-starved village of Thomson. Read more...
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard has blamed Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn for cuts at the University of Illinois.
The cuts, announced yesterday, include mandatory furlough days for administrators and professors. President Stanley Ikenberry, appointed to his interim post after a corruption scandal at the university, also froze hiring and interim wage increases. Read more...
Every 10 years, Illinois lawmakers bust out their markers and redraw the lines that make up the state’s legislative districts.
The process is called redistricting, and it’s guaranteed to produce some serious political strife during the year to come. Read more...
