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Gov. Bruce Rauner and Illinois lawmakers are contemplating dire economic forecasts as they meet in search of a state budget deal. Legislative leaders met…
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Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger campaigned in the Quad Cities Wednesday, alongside candidates for state senate and house. Munger asked for support...
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A group of social service providers that sued the state over lack of payment are pushing forward with their case. But the coalition has shrunk. The Pay…
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Almost 100 social service agencies in Illinois were dealt a blow in a Cook County courtroom this afternoon. A Cook County judge dismissed their lawsuit…
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Social service agencies owed money from the State of Illinois say the government should pay them like it’s paying for other services - by going further…
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The compromise that led to a stopgap state budget is not stopping a lawsuit asking the state to pay up for services already provided. For 12 months,…
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An Illinois child social service agency is laying off 16 staffers that work with at-risk youth and expectant mothers. The layoffs are a result of the…
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A new survey of Illinois human service providers shows nearly two-thirds have cut programs because of the state budget standoff, leaving almost 1 million…
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The director of the primary provider of outpatient mental health services in DeWitt County says it will shut July 1 because of the lack of a state budget.…
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Illinois’ Comptroller is calling on lawmakers and the Governor to come to some kind of budget agreement in the next ten days. The July first start of the…