The Basics - State government news
Monday, Jul 26, 2010 - Posted by Rich Miller
* The reason I can’t do regular blogging today is it takes a few minutes to open up each of these links, meaning it would be late afternoon before I could read everything, digest it and put it into normal blogging format. Thank goodness I have interns who could gather all these for me or there’d be nothing for you to comment on…
[The links have disappeared twice now. Hope this update works.]
* Quinn says temporary workers will be paid
* Quinn forms anti-violence group to take testimony
* Quinn forms panel to gather testimony from victims, others affected by violence
* Reformer hopeful about new Illinois task force
* Legislators paid well despite crisis
* Governor Signs Brynden’s Law
* Out of State Dentists to Help Illinois Families
* Gov. Quinn Signs Hair Braiding Bill into Law
* Governor signs hair-braiding bill into law
* Hair Braiding Bill Signed into Law
* Illinois Governor Signs Bill to Protect against Financial Elder Abuse
* If Vagina Gel to Blunt HIV/AIDS Transmission Confirmed, Rep. Sara Feigenholtz Pledges Legislative Action
* Though state still owes $279 million, UI is under budget
* Rock Center in financial straits again
* Journal-Courier: State must choose lottery manager wisely
* Ormsby: States spend less on mental health; Community Counseling Centers of Chicago clients feel the pain
- wordslinger - Monday, Jul 26, 10 @ 10:20 am:
Think we might get it together long enough to keep the Rock Center open?
- OneMan - Monday, Jul 26, 10 @ 10:28 am:
Just read the story on the Rock Center….
Man is this state screwed up. Is the center shutting down going to be the wake-up call folks need? I doubt it.
- Living in Oklahoma - Monday, Jul 26, 10 @ 10:47 am:
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- muon - Monday, Jul 26, 10 @ 10:49 am:
Yes, it initially had a bunch of links. When I clicked to update just now, the links and part of the leading text were gone.
- Festus Hagen - Monday, Jul 26, 10 @ 1:30 pm:
Pat Quinn is now requiring a state fee on people before they can “braid other people’s hair”? What next? Quinn and his merry band of Democrat amigos have obviously led the state over a fiscal cliff or he wouldn’t continue to stoop to extorting some poor ladies who are simply trying to make a few bucks by braiding hair.What will Pat Quinn and the Democrats down in Springfield do next to plug their sinking fiscal ship the HMS Illinois? Rumor has it Pat Quinn and Mike Madigan are going to require nursing mothers to pay the state a “nursing fee” and then they must attend a 100 hour class on how to breast feed their child?
“Saturday Night Live”, the state of Illinois is ready for you to ridicule us once again.
- the Patriot - Monday, Jul 26, 10 @ 1:42 pm:
Hair Brading? Are you freakin kidding me? These morons bailed out with their paychecks and didn’t even attempt to balance a budget, but had time to evaluate the long controversial practice of brading hair.
My kids school will be reduced or eliminated because Madigan and Quinn are two of the most blatently incompent people in the world. Come to my house Pat, my 6 year old will braid your freakin hair for free moron.
Perhaps now that we have this issue behind us, Lisa Madigan can get her hair braided and take a look at some less important issues, like the willful violation of constitution by her daddy!
- state employee - Monday, Jul 26, 10 @ 7:15 pm:
The more I know, the more convinced I am that wealthy people and corporations (Boeing, etc) are using IL as a tax shelter. Other states have 9-12% tax rates on higher bracket people.
How much more do our most vulnerable people, children, disabled folks, seniors, education, need to suffer before things change to a progressive tax?
And a Green candidates winning? The time will come.
We are tired of sock puppet politicians who are running the state into chaos at the hands of their sociopathic wealthy puppetmasters.