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Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network The plan is to pass a budget that's out of balance. Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) said Democrats, who hold supermajorities in the House and Senate, would run a spending plan this week for about $36...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois' Democratic House speaker says he's scheduling a vote on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposal to allow employees to opt out of unions. Speaker Michael J. Madigan announced Thursday the vote is scheduled for May 14, even though the governor hasn't filed a bill with the Legislature...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois' Democratic House speaker has introduced a plan combining the use of special funds and cuts to plug a $1.6 billion budget hole affecting subsidized child care programs, prisons and court reporters. Michael J...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Reacting to Wednesday’s budget message, House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) reiterated his belief that there must be some more money coming from somewhere. He also reiterated a possible somewhere: Illinois’ millionaires...

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) says there are only 34 votes in the Illinois House to extend the 5 percent income tax beyond the end of this year.  Sixty votes would be needed. Madigan says he’ll still work to get the votes in the last 10 days of session: The 2011 tax increase, raising the state's flat income tax rate from 3 percent to 5 percent, is set to roll back to 3... Read Mo

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