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Social Service Agencies Squeezed In Budget Woes CBS 2 Social workers Keith and Sabrina George are enduring an unwanted summer break, courtesy of our dithering Springfield politicians. The Illinois budget expired July 1, and Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed the bare-bones budget lawmakers gave him. http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/illinois.budget.cuts.2.1067809.html Veto Leaves Illinois Without Budget Fox Gov. Pat Quinn's veto of a makeshift budget Wednesday marks yet another round of uncertainty and frustration for Illinois taxpayers, from state workers who might not get a paycheck to poor families wondering if they'll lose daycare and health services. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/sate_budget_quinn_veto Quinn Vetoes "Halfway Measure" NBC Gov. Pat Quinn's veto of a makeshift budget Wednesday marks yet another round of uncertainty and frustration for Illinois taxpayers, from state workers who might not get a paycheck to poor families wondering if they'll lose daycare and health services. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Illinois-Governor-Pat-Quinn-Vetoes-Budget-Plan-070109.html Illinois among several states struggling with recession Daily Herald Illinois wasn't alone Wednesday in its failed efforts to beat a hard-luck budget deadline. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=304203 Legislature calls special session over budget in 2 weeks Sun Times Illinois lawmakers plan to resume working on the state budget in two weeks. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1647440,w-illinois-budget-special-session-070109.article Illinois starts its fiscal year with a veto Chicago Tribune The state's new budget year got off to a politically dubious start Wednesday when Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed what he called an inadequate plan to fund human-services programs and vowed a renewed push for an income tax increase. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-legis-02jul02,0,3022683.story
Quinn vetoes budget plan
WBBM 780 News Radio
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed the bare-bones budget lawmakers sent him.
Quinn's veto Wednesday leaves the state without a spending plan on the first day of the new fiscal year.
http://www.wbbm780.com/Quinn-plans-veto--won-t-say-if-budget-is-target/4716475
Victory for Children in State Custody
American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
Following an extraordinary, late afternoon, two-hour hearing on Monday, June 29th, U.S. District Court Judge John F. Grady today ordered Illinois' child welfare agency - the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) - to comply with all parts of a court-monitored consent decree that ensures the safety and protects the constitutional rights of children in the state system. Judge Grady's order recognizes that the State of Illinois would be in violation of the consent decree to which it agreed and cause an irreparable harm to the 16,000 children under the care of DCFS if the so-called "doomsday" budget adopted by the state legislature is allowed to go into effect at midnight, July 1st.
http://www.aclu-il.org/news/press/2009/06/victory_for_children_in_state.shtml
Quinn: Adults don't 'put off decisions'
Daily Herald
Gov. Pat Quinn walks through a crowd of lawmakers before addressing a joint session of the General Assembly in the House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Tuesday.
http://dailyherald.com/story/?id=303984
Illinois Budget Going Nowhere
Fox
The sputtering drive to come up with a
state budget broke down completely Tuesday, leaving Illinois to
begin a new fiscal year without any plan for paying its employees
or delivering government services.
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/budget_stalemate_midnight_deadline
Illinois leaders try to work out a last-minute budget deal
Chicago Sun Times
Gov. Quinn and Illinois legislative leaders met in the governor’s office today to try to work out a last-minute deal to resolve the state’s budget crisis.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1645345,illinois-governor-quinn-budget-063009.article
State Budget Shortfall And Cuts Continue To Loom
CBS
The General Assembly's preparing for another showdown in Springfield Tuesday, the final day of Fiscal Year 2009.
CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery visited some young people whose high school may have to ring in Fiscal Year 2010 by firing teachers.
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/budget.Daley.Rudy.2.1064796.html
Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield to face budget deadline
Chicago Tribune
As lawmakers return to Springfield on Monday with an unsettled state budget and a deadline to act staring them down, the rhetoric behind potential drastic social service cuts has become clouded by questions of credibility from the governor on down.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-lawmakers-springfield-budgetjun29,0,3117471.story
The budget crisis few want to solve
The Daily Herald
Illinois begins a new budget year Wednesday, and it appears one thing will be missing: A new budget. How the budget debate will be resolved, no one knows. When it will be resolved, well, no one quite knows that either.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=303351
State needs better Medicaid solution
The Daily Herald
Illinois hospitals recognize the state faces a budget crisis without easy fixes. But the idea of moving large numbers of Medicaid beneficiaries into HMOs is not a solution, but an outgrowth of myths about Medicaid. Here are some of the myths and the facts.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=303199
House heads back to Springfield
ABC 7
Members of the Illinois House will meet Monday
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6889483
State-Assisted Services Already Being Cut
CBS 2
So, when exactly is the state budget doomsday?
Gov. Quinn once said that, unless the General Assembly raises taxes, he would implement huge social-service spending cuts next week. Although Quinn today declined to repeat his threat, some vital services are already shutting down, as CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports.
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Quinn.state.budget.2.1061166.html
Republicans Use Budget Power For Change
Fox
After watching from the sidelines for months, Republican lawmakers now enjoy new power over the state's budget mess and they're using it to push doggedly for major changes in government spending.
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/politics/republicans_budget_change_governor_quinn
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