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2008
May
Stroger names finalists to oversee hospitals, Chicago Sun Times,
5/3/2008
April
Political
donors in line to run health system,
Chicago Sun Times, 4/28/2008
A future in the business, Joliet Herald News, 4/20/2008
Forum stresses financial literacy, Joliet Herald News, 4/17/2008
Dan Hynes gives keynote speech at state budget event at SIU, The
Southern, 4/15/2008
Seminar keynote speaker named, Joliet Herald News, 4/15/2008
20 candidates for county hospital panel unveiled, Chicago
SunTimes, 4/8/2008
Nonprofit Hospitals, Once For the Poor, Strike It Rich, Wall
Street Journal, 4/4/2008
March
Superintendents ready to look at school sales tax, Champagne
News Gazette, 3/30/2008
Ill. Lawmakers Weigh Tax Breaks, Houston Chronicle, 3/18/2008
Lawmakers consider tax breaks for Winfrey, Springer shows, Quad
City Times, 3/18/2008
Superintendents brace for possible funding cuts, Pekin Daily
Times, 3/14/2008
Illinois gets low grade in states report, Northwest Herald,
3/4/3008
February
Why Meigs Field makes sense to school reformers, Southtown Star,
2/28/2008
County Board Wrestles With Higher Taxes vs. Service Cuts,
WBBM, 2/27/2008
Fiscal Feud, Crain's Chicago
Business, 2/18/2008
Words No Illinois Lawmakers Will Say, Quad City Times, 2/11/2009
January
Good prognosis for health care jobs,
Chicago Tribune, 1/6/2008
More to hospital expansion than meets the eye, The South Town
Star, 1/27/2008
2007
December
We’ll have the jobs, just not the huge paychecks, Rockford
Register Star, 12/22/2007
Globalization splits Chicago's economy, Crain's Chicago,
12/17/2007
November
Con-Con revisited, Illinois Issues, November 2007
Officials Weigh In On Stroger, North West Illinois, 11/11/2007
Capitol mess lies in dome's shadow, Chicago Sun-Times,
11/07/2007
October
The low down on Illinois' `low taxes', Chicago Tribune,
10/25/2007
Webliography: How big is the burden on Illinois taxpayers?,
Chicago Tribune, 10/24/2007
Appetite for state and local tax increases due to outmoded taxes,
Illinoiz, 10/23/2007
Sen. Frerichs proposes new tax structure, News Gazette,
10/19/2007
Central Illinois in Career Crisis, Peoria Journal Star,
10/11/2007
For now, no sales tax increase, Daily SouthTown, 10/02/2007
Economic growth is sluggish, Macomb Journal, 10/1/2007
Restaurants affected most by wage increase, Kane County
Chronicle, 10/1/2007
September
Chapter 2: Unequal state equalizer,
Daily Herald, 9/30/2007
Cook sales tax hike should be rejected, Daily Herald, 9/30/2007
Hospitals Cry Poor Over Charity Care, Chicago Sun-Times,
9/29/2007
When is Pork Not Pork? Eight Forty-Eight, 9/25/2007
Economic challenges, opportunities facing the region highlight forum,
Macomb Eagle, 9/25/2007
Budget Cuts Blasted, Quad Cities Online, 9/24/2007
Group Rallies Against Cuts,
KC Chronicle, 9/20/2007
Pensions' appetite worries lawmakers, Peoria Journal Star,
9/10/2007
Taking it To the Streets,
Catalyst Chicago, 9/2007
How Times analyzed charity-care data, Contra Costa Times,
9/2/2007
August
Proposed budget boosts school funding, Daily
SouthTown, 8/10/2007
July
School funding reform unsettled, State Journal Register, 7/9/07
June
Area Jobs Remain Empty Because There's Not Enough Qualified People,
WREX-TV Rockford, 6/29/07
Need to groom next generation of workers draws attention at forum,
Decatur Herald & Review, 6/28/07
Forum addresses challenges, opportunities in Illinois employment,
Moline Dispatch/ Rock Island Argus, 6/14/07
Preserving our quality of life, Chicago Tribune, 6/12/07
Proposed Round Lake Hospital Draws Protestors from City, as Groups
Charge Advocate with 'Medical White Flight' Earth Times, 6/5/07
May
Group proposes new school funding plan Daily Herald Kane County,
5/22/07
State tax breaks you get Daily Herald News, 5/22/07
A 'Burnham Plan' for schools Chicago Tribune, 5/21/07
Six-Figure Public Servants ABC 7 News Chicago, 5/16/07
Study: Swapping state pension plan doesn't save Peoria Journal
Star, 5/8/09
Illinois urged to stay with pensions Springfield
Journal-Register, 5/8/07
Pension switch would cost state more in long run: study Crain's
Business, 5/7/07
Time to weigh options on raising Illinois revenue Chicago
Sun-Times, 5/4/07
Hononegah students lobby state reps Beloit Daily News, 5/3/07
April
Funding reform touted at D300 Courier News, 4/25/07
Expert explains new bill Northwest Herald, 4/25/07
Governor's proposed gross receipt tax concerns local businesses
Pike Press, 4/19/07
Work force panel: Valley workers need training Beacon
News, 4/14/2007
Illinois' pension bills are piling up St Louis Post Dispatch,
4/6/2007
March
Education and Electricity
Illinois Issues, 3/21/07
Senate boss says he will consider property tax cuts
Lincoln Courier, 3/15/2007
Ministers are calling on Gov. Blagojevich to release total
healthcare federal funds they say are allocated for county alone
Chicago Defender, 3/7/2007
Blagojevich offers big plans backed by big tax hikes
Journal Gazette, 3/7/2007
Budget plan links lottery, pensions Northwest Herald, 3/6/2007
February
Historic opportunity' to address school funding woes this year?
FarmWeek, 2/28/07
Big Biz, Small Biz: Blago may have a tax for you Quad-Cities
Online, 2/21/07
Spending and Tax Problems in Illinois' State Budget, Illinois
Channel, 2/12/07
Tax Increase Proposed for Schools, Lincoln Courier, 2/9/2007
Budget plan links lottery, pensions Northwest Herald, 2/9/2007
Lawmakers propose shifting education funding to income tax St.
Louis Post Dispatch, 2/9/2007
Businesses prepare for tax battle
State Journal Register, 2/9/2007
Education funding measures target taxes
State Journal Register, 2/9/2007
School funding plan unveiled
Peoria Journal Star, 2/9/2007
State tax plan back in play
Pantagraph, 2/9/2007
State tax increase proposed to bolster school funding
Daily Journal, 2/9/2007
Proposal to raise taxes heading to Legislature?
NorthWest Times, 2/9/2007
Sen. Meeks to Re-Introduce Bill SB-750, to fund Schools & Pensions
Illinois Channel, 2/8/2007
Big biz, small biz: Blago may have tax for you
Quad
Cities Online, 2/8/2007
Budget Buzz Illinois Issues,
2/6/2007
January
Public healthcare at root of budget crisis, critics say
ABC 7 News, 1/31/2007
Daley says this is year to reform state school funding
Daily Chronicle, 1/8/2007
Daley champions state school funding reform
Belleville News Democrat, 1/8/2007
Where the jobs are and will be Chicago Tribune, 1/7/2007
Daley says this is the year to reform state school funding
Chicago Tribune, 1/4/2007
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