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Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Illinois Senate Republicans suggest the governor is putting on NRI redux.  They are calling attention to $5 million which they say was defunded from social service programs around the state and given instead to programs tied to providers tainted in the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, an anti-crime program Quinn introduced late in his first campaign... Read Mor

Rachel Otwell -- Illinois Radio Network The Illinois House has approved a plan for Medicaid expansion, a “supplemental budget”, and a construction measure worth $20 billion. The Medicaid expansion would include a restoration of money for services cut back in 2012, such as adult dental services...