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Quinn: No Regrets About Time As Illinois Governor
Quinn: No Regrets About Time As Illinois Governor
Quinn: No Regrets About Time As Illinois Governor
Michel Kiser -- Illinois Radio Network Former Illinois governor Pat Quinn says he's disappointed that there still isn't a state budget in place...as we are now in the fourth month of the fiscal year. Quinn was in Champaign for an event celebrating the new Chez Family Foundation Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education at the University of Illinois...
Gov. Rauner Tells Chicago Studio to Return $10 Million Grant
Gov. Rauner Tells Chicago Studio to Return $10 Million Grant
Gov. Rauner Tells Chicago Studio to Return $10 Million Grant
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has ordered a Chicago TV and movie studio to return a $10 million state grant awarded by his predecessor, Pat Quinn. Rauner's order comes after a Chicago Sun-Times report that the grant was awarded to Cinespace Chicago Film Studios for the purchase of land that wasn't for sale...
IDOT Warns Rockford Amtrak Plans Could Be Terminated
IDOT Warns Rockford Amtrak Plans Could Be Terminated
IDOT Warns Rockford Amtrak Plans Could Be Terminated
Last year when then-Governor Pat Quinn came to Rockford to unveil Amtrak service starting in 2015, we argued on the show that this was another one of Quinn's empty campaign promises that would be unlikely to come true. That the announcement was an attempt to curry favor with voters in the midst of a heated campaign for re-election...
Quinn Vetoes Bill to Allow Bobcat Hunting in Illinois
Quinn Vetoes Bill to Allow Bobcat Hunting in Illinois
Quinn Vetoes Bill to Allow Bobcat Hunting in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed a bill that would have allowed bobcat hunting in Illinois for the first time in more than 40 years. Quinn says allowing hunting would violate a responsibility to maintain Illinois wildlife, noting that the population only recently rebounded enough to be removed from the threatened species list...
Quinn Leaves Office As Rauner Takes Over in Springfield
Quinn Leaves Office As Rauner Takes Over in Springfield
Quinn Leaves Office As Rauner Takes Over in Springfield
Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network For the first time in 16 years, an Illinois governor is leaving office and not heading into prison. Pat Quinn wakes up this morning as governor, but he’ll go to bed tonight as a private citizen, after Bruce Rauner is inaugurated ...
Quinn Wants Action on Thursday's Special Session Day
Quinn Wants Action on Thursday's Special Session Day
Quinn Wants Action on Thursday's Special Session Day
Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Gov. Pat Quinn says he’d like to see more on the table at Thursday’s special session of the General Assembly than just a special election for comptroller. Senate Republicans say they’d like to have a vote on a constitutional amendment to combine the offices of comptroller and treasurer...
Quinn's Call For Special Election Facing Uncertain Future
Quinn's Call For Special Election Facing Uncertain Future
Quinn's Call For Special Election Facing Uncertain Future
Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Illinois Republicans say Gov. Pat Quinn is not on solid ground constitutionally in seeking a special election to fill part of the upcoming term in the comptroller’s office. Republican Judy Baar Topinka passed away last week, a month after her re-election and a month before her re-inauguration...
Democrat Lawmaker Rips Quinn For 'Last-Minute Patronage'
Democrat Lawmaker Rips Quinn For 'Last-Minute Patronage'
Democrat Lawmaker Rips Quinn For 'Last-Minute Patronage'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Another fellow Democrat is blasting Gov. Pat Quinn for helping a former aide get a job at the agency that runs U.S. Cellular Field weeks before Quinn finishes his term. The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority board on Monday hired former Quinn campaign manager Lou Bertuca (bur-TOO'-kuh) to lead the agency...
Quinn Responds to Troubled Youth Centers Reports
Quinn Responds to Troubled Youth Centers Reports
Quinn Responds to Troubled Youth Centers Reports
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn is responding to a newspaper's investigation about allegations of assaults, abuse and prostitution schemes at Illinois residential treatment centers for youth. Quinn on Monday directed an advisory council to meet Thursday to assess the situation...

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