Illinois Political News

Budget address live blog - Quinn proposes one percent tax hike for schools

• Have at it in comments. Thanks. * From a Quinn press release… The budget also includes more than $2 billion in proposed cuts, including a deep reduction in education funding. In his budget address, Governor Quinn called on the General Assembly to rescue education from devastating cuts by passing a one-percent [...]

Wednesday March 10, 2010 5:51PM | com

City Council approves two September concerts at Wrigley Field

Wednesday March 10, 2010 5:32PM | chicagotribune.com

Cops: Man dies in fiery crash while fleeing burglary

Wednesday March 10, 2010 5:28PM | chicagotribune.com

CTA cuts cause riders to switch from buses to trains

Wednesday March 10, 2010 5:20PM | chicagotribune.com

Rasmussen: Giannoulias over Kirk 42-41

* Fox Chicago displayed this chart today about Rasmussen’s latest US Senate numbers… Rasmussen hasn’t posted the numbers as of 10 o’clock this morning, but I’ll check back later. So, what the heck is going on? Yesterday’s poll, presumably of the same set of voters, had the governor’s race a lopsided 47-37 Bill Brady [...]

Wednesday March 10, 2010 4:20PM | com

Corey Haim dies | Photos

LOS ANGELES -- Actor Corey Haim has died at the age of 38, the Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed to KTLA.

Wednesday March 10, 2010 3:57PM | chicagotribune.com

Chicago opt-out would be huge loss for capital bill

* Oy… Chicago’s reluctance to allow video gambling in the city will deprive the state of almost $178 million annually, according to a new analysis by the Legislature’s budget-forecasting arm. That shortfall could blow a nearly $2 billion hole in Gov. Quinn’s $31 billion construction program, which was partly reliant on proceeds from video gambling [...]

Wednesday March 10, 2010 3:40PM | com

Massa: Groping, tickling not 'sexual'

During his appearance on "The Glenn Beck Program," former U.S. Rep. Eric Massa defended himself and denied allegations that he had sexually groped a staff member.

Wednesday March 10, 2010 3:31PM | chicagotribune.com

Rookie from Chicago crashes during Alaska's Iditarod race

Wednesday March 10, 2010 3:30PM | chicagotribune.com

Budget roundup

* Not encouraging news from the Senate Democrats… “I’d not be comfortable saying [the governor’s proposed budget is] dead on arrival. But if I was simply assessing how I thought it would fare in the Senate, we’d have to assume we’d have to get Republicans on board to the idea of borrowing . . . [...]

Wednesday March 10, 2010 3:03PM | com

Edgar, feminists whack Brady

* Former Illinois governor Jim Edgar had some not-so-kind words for his party’s Republican nominee on Chicago Public Radio yesterday. Edgar called Brady’s ten percent across-the-board budget cut plan “naïve“… “I don’t agree with across the board. I think that’s a naïve approach,” Edgar said. “There are some more essential [programs] than others. It’s [...]

Wednesday March 10, 2010 2:29PM | com

Man dies after being subdued by Midlothian cops

Wednesday March 10, 2010 2:29PM | chicagotribune.com

Report: Blagojevich to appear on Letterman's 'Top Ten' segment

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is reportedly slated to be a part of David Lettermen's "Top Ten" segment on the Late Show With David Lettermen tonight, news agencies are reporting.

Wednesday March 10, 2010 12:44PM | dailyherald.com

Woman, 91, dies in Far Northwest Side crash

Wednesday March 10, 2010 11:53AM | chicagotribune.com

Skeletal remains found in woods near St. Charles

Wednesday March 10, 2010 6:33AM | chicagotribune.com

Quinn proposes tax increase to fund education

Wednesday March 10, 2010 6:23AM | chicagotribune.com

Bradley vs. Piniella. Again.

Attitude in clubhouse makes for loose ballclub as it prepares for long season MESA, Ariz. -- In his latest salvo aimed at the Cubs, Milton Bradley claims he wanted manager Lou Piniella to apologize to him in front of his teammates after Piniella called him a "piece of (expletive)" during a confrontation last ...

Wednesday March 10, 2010 6:16AM | chicagotribune.com

Google gets bike-friendly

Map feature adding routes and trips for cyclists in Chicago and 149 other cities The world's most popular Internet search engine is getting more bicycle-friendly.

Wednesday March 10, 2010 6:15AM | chicagotribune.com

Legislators fight Aging department's new lease

Wednesday March 10, 2010 6:02AM | sj-r.com

New, covert cameras on the way

Criminals accustomed to the blinking blue lights of Chicago's police cameras have learned to move outside their range. But new cameras ordered up by Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis will be covert and have a wider range.

Wednesday March 10, 2010 6:00AM | chicagotribune.com