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* Governor pledges long battle with Ameren: Blagojevich said it’s his goal to see the rates frozen and then help negotiate a new plan with the utilities.
* Ameren’s credit rating would be downgraded to junk status if freeze passes
* Flider wants public comment time during ICC meetings
* CUB lets citizens vent on Ameren rate hikes
* Pat Quinn: Make ICC Commissioners Accountable
* Two natural gas utilities file for rate increases
* Governor clamping down on sharing public information
His administration has clamped down on sharing public information. It refuses to release government documents. It has defied the attorney general’s legal opinions and punished people suspected of cooperating with reporters.
* Are public documents public? Local participation in National Sunshine Week
* Public information comes at a cost
When asked if they’re making a profit charging 50 cents a page for paper that costs less than a penny per page at Office Depot, Urich said, “I doubt we even break even.” Kinko’s charges 8 cents a page for black-and-white copies.
* Editorial: You have a right to know, Sunshine Week
* Key points in Governor’s stance on access to public records
* Kristen McQueary: Governor, roll out the predatory lending program, stat
* Carol Marin: Governor needs to come up with some answers
* Hospital aid plan stalls with failed supplemental appropriation: Here’s how it works
The state borrows money and gives it to hospitals. The hospitals give it back to the state. The state gives it back to the hospitals. The exchange triggers federal reimbursement for state Medicaid expenses that would not otherwise occur.
* Blagojevich allies help state sell off student loans
* Giannoulias polishes off Bright Start with new manager and lower fees
* Exelon gets first OK for new plant in Clinton
* Gun control bill could prove costly to downstate Democrats
* Illinois really is more corrupt than neighbors
* Amtrak study: Train to Rockford could run through Genoa
* Paul Campbell, head of Dept. Central Management Services, resigns after stormy tenure
* CMS chief Campbell leaves to join UnitedHealth Group
* New student costs set to rise by 8% at WIU
* Judge wants to “do the right thing†with man writing threatening letters to public officials
* Boland bill would force city governments to buy alternative fuels; more here
* Luciano: DCFS bill benefits everyone
* The unlikely HPV vaccine coalition
* Rep. Osmond calls for Election Day school closings
However, some lawmakers and school officials are balking at the proposal. They argue such legislation would upset student calendars and waste one of five state-allotted institute days in an academic year.
* Daley changes Burge tune
* Editorial: Alderman should just say no to residential parking spaces
* Dawn Turner Trice: Expecting voters to clear barriers is unreasonable
* ‘Cost of war’ too much for Walter Reed, says Duckworth
* Editorial: Smoking ban in individual’s car goes too far
* Hospitals set to snuff out smoking
* In-school clinics catch on in Illinois, languish in Missouri
* Preparations are done, let the ISAT testing begin
* Poll: Character trumps stance on issues in election
* Election sign thefts, vandalism plague Carbondale & Marion
* Orland Park ranked first in early voting for Southern Cook Co.
* Elgin Community College supporters give view of another tax hike bid
posted by Paul Richardson
Monday, Mar 12, 07 @ 6:53 am
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The Tribune article about ISAC has some interesting quotes from Andrew Davis. I’m sure that the administration is not real happy with his ability to restrain himself from speaking or telling the truth, those are qualities they tend to look down on.
“The most ethical administration in Illinois history . . . history . . . history . . .”
Comment by Napoleon has left the building Monday, Mar 12, 07 @ 8:56 am
If you do some research on the DCFS website, you’ll see that DCFS has gotten over on Rep. Leitch big time.
Leitch represents the Peoria-area community where Katherine Westerfield, a preschooler, was murdered
last year. DCFS had investigated numerous reports
of neglect and abuse of Katherine, according to local press accounts, although exactly how many is unclear because of Blago’s information control policies, which most particularly apply to DCFS disasters.
In any case, Leitch wanted the hotline to notify the local police of all hotline reports. The House passed the bill but the Senate did nothing.
DCFS didn’t want it and Emil is a big supporter of the patronage employees who run DCFS.
So Leitch rewrote his bill to say that DCFS would do what its caseworkers statewide have, according to DCFS regs, supposedly been doing for decades….notify the police of all reports of serious abuse and neglect. It’s right there in their procedures. Yup, the bill says DCFS should follow its procedures on police notification.
Legislators either aren’t doing their homework or they are more interested in preserving DCFS as a patronage farm than in making any substantive changes that would protect kids.
Comment by Cassandra Monday, Mar 12, 07 @ 9:36 am
“Governor pledges long battle with Ameren.”
Considering the fact that this “battle” is ten years in the making, and the rate hike has been in effect since 1/1/2007, the score so far is:
Ameren - $Millions
Blagojevich - 0
I’ll believe it when I see it. If this is what he calls a battle, we have all been road kill since 1997. Thanks for nothing, Rod.
Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Mar 12, 07 @ 2:41 pm