07.19.2009 9:01 pm

Illinois Democrats blew it

Pat Quinn: Hey, he picked a tie! (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Gov. Pat Quinn and the Illinois legislature last week met expectations by agreeing on a $26 billion budget for the fiscal year that started July 1 — the agreement is every…

Tags: 2010 primary, budget, Dan Hynes, elections, Illinois news, Illinois politics, Legislature, lisa madigan, Mark Kirk, pat quinn, political corruption, Rod Blagojevich, St. Louis news

12.05.2008 9:02 pm

Tough budget times: 50 states, 50 holes

By Editorial Board

President-elect Obama meets with the nation's governors Tuesday in Philadelphia. (Jeff Hayes/Getty Images)

If it’s any consolation to Jay Nixon, Missouri’s governor-elect, that $342 million shortfall in the state budget he inherits Jan. 12 is chump change compared with the problems that…

Tags: Barack Obama, budget priorities, Childrens Health Iinsurance Program, Dan Hynes, Ed Rendell, Illinois budget, Medicaid funding, Missouri budget, National Governors Conference, Rod Blagojevich, state budgets

Illinois Democrats blew it

Tough budget times: 50 states, 50 holes

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