Springfield News

  • No legislative committee meetings are scheduled for today, nor will chambers meet. But an attempted legislative check on People’s Gas will be announced in Chicago, and the Lottery Board will hold its bi-monthly meeting. Meanwhile, the City Club will hear from a man overseeing a state agency worth $1.45 billion.

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  • Morning Briefs: Janus case in DC, gun control at home...

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  • A quiet Friday is expected in Springfield, with most action returning north to Chicago, where campaign announcements are expected along with a worker's compensation subject matter hearing from the Senate Subcommittee on Tort Reform. Meanwhile, Gov. Bruce Rauner is continues his campaign trail stops to discuss his budget in central Illinois.


    Friday, Feb. 23

    8:30 a.m. - Chicago - The Illinois State Board of Investment’s Executive Board will hold its quarterly meeting at 180 N. LaSalle St, suite 2015. Steve Zahn will provide a legislative update. The board will hear recommendations from both its investment and compliance committees, and will get a projected-versus-actual budget update. The executive director is expected to brief the group on the continued search for general counsel. Two presentations are scheduled on the group’s deferred compensation plan, one from T. Rowe Price. [ Agenda ]

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  • The race is on. The Illinois General Assembly has until May 31 to pass an annual budget, and until July 1 before they can start spending it. That clock started ticking yesterday in Springfield when Gov. Bruce Rauner unveiled his $37.6 billion budget plan.
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  • Weekly meetings and agendas for the week beginning Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.

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    The Illinois’ Board of Higher Education will meet today at 10 a.m. after calling a special meeting to present its FY2019 budget recommendations.

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    Tuesday and Wednesday are likely to be bruisers for those in the statehouse. Resuming the second week of the 2018 session, the capital will see more than 20 committee and agency meetings on those two days alone. While we’ve prepared a comprehensive run-down of the debates and bills scheduled for the coming week, we caution readers that--like all matters involving Springfield--the following calendar is subject to change.

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  • Legislators gathered for more than two hours Tuesday to hear testimony on a major shakeup to the state’s hospital assessment system. Illinois Hospital Association CEO AJ Wilhelmi sought to calm safety net hospital officials worried that a proposed new formula to calculate Medicaid payments would dent their bottom lines or ultimately lead to closure.

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    A proposal to sell $107 billion in state bonds drew skepticism and curiosity in the Illinois Capitol on Tuesday, as lawmakers continue to seek out ways to contain and pay down the state’s mounting pension debts.

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