http://www.newsvine.com/illinois-legislatureNewsvine - illinois-legislatureen-usCopyright 2013Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:38:06 +0000Sat, 25 May 2013 01:32:02 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15028793-ap-exclusive-ill-hospital-tax-break-costs-10mhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15028793-ap-exclusive-ill-hospital-tax-break-costs-10mushealthhospitalsillinoisassociated-presstax-breakillinois-legislatureillinois-medicaidThu, 8 Nov 2012 21:36:23 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11994280-illinois-lawmakers-outburst-creates-online-stirhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/31/11994280-illinois-lawmakers-outburst-creates-online-stirusillinoisus-newslegislaturerantillinois-legislaturemike-bostThu, 31 May 2012 20:34:04 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this March 1, 2011 file photo, Illinois Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, is seen on the House floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, Bost screamed profanities and referenced the Bible during a tirade directed at powerful House Speaker Mike Madigan. Bost's rant has created an Internet stir. He says he's surprised at the mostly positive reaction he's gotten but he says his frustration has been building for years. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/22/11809581-ill-lawmakers-vote-to-abolish-tuition-waiver-perkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/22/11809581-ill-lawmakers-vote-to-abolish-tuition-waiver-perkusillinoisus-newsscholarshipslegislativeillinois-legislatureTue, 22 May 2012 13:20:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/11/5811693-ill-gov-quinn-signs-major-tax-increase-into-lawhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/11/5811693-ill-gov-quinn-signs-major-tax-increase-into-lawustaxesillinoisus-newspat-quinnillinois-houseillinois-legislaturedemocratic-illinoisillinois-democratsTue, 11 Jan 2011 08:20:02 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Reps. Dan Brady, right, R-Bloomington, and Roger Eddy, R-Hutsonville confer on the House floor during a session at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)</p><p>Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, right, confers with Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, left, while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)</p><p>Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, right, confers with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, left, while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)</p><p>Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, looks on as lawmakers argue state budget legislation while on the Senate floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/01/5562752-ill-senate-approves-civil-unions-for-gay-coupleshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/01/5562752-ill-senate-approves-civil-unions-for-gay-couplesusillinoisus-newscivil-unionsillinois-senateillinois-legislatureWed, 1 Dec 2010 22:08:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/07/4252521-ill-democrats-moving-budget-that-shorts-pensionshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/07/4252521-ill-democrats-moving-budget-that-shorts-pensionsbusinesspensionsbudgetillinoisilillinois-legislaturexgrFri, 7 May 2010 06:11:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/05/2510780-ap-source-prosecutor-seeking-fbi-tapes-of-burrishttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/05/2510780-ap-source-prosecutor-seeking-fbi-tapes-of-burrispoliticsrod-blagojevichus-newsblagojevichburrisillinois-legislatureroland-burrisroland-burris'democrat-roland-burrisThu, 5 Mar 2009 23:35:13 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Feb. 24, 2009 file photo, Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., returns to his office after a meeting with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Capitol Hill in Washington. If it were up to Roland Burris, he'd be here to stay. A week of lonely walks, calls for his resignation and cameras following his every move didn't seem to affect the new senator from Illinois a bit. The opposite, actually: Burris spent most of his time digging in. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, file)</p><p>In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. speaks at the City Club of Chicago, Public Policy Forum in Chicago. Burris appears to have survived the intense pressure to give up his new U.S. Senate seat, thanks to a strategy of clamming up and letting supporters portray the issue in stark racial terms. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., looks up from the floor of the U. S. House of Representatives after listening to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown address a joint session of Congress in Washington , Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/03/2501922-ill-senator-appears-to-survive-blagojevich-furorhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/03/2501922-ill-senator-appears-to-survive-blagojevich-furoronus-newshangingburrisillinois-legislaturefellow-democratsroland-burrisTue, 3 Mar 2009 22:14:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Feb. 24, 2009 file photo, Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., returns to his office after a meeting with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Capitol Hill in Washington. If it were up to Roland Burris, he'd be here to stay. A week of lonely walks, calls for his resignation and cameras following his every move didn't seem to affect the new senator from Illinois a bit. The opposite, actually: Burris spent most of his time digging in. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, file)</p><p>In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. speaks at the City Club of Chicago, Public Policy Forum in Chicago. Burris appears to have survived the intense pressure to give up his new U.S. Senate seat, thanks to a strategy of clamming up and letting supporters portray the issue in stark racial terms. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/14/2435079-burris-feds-questions-didnt-prompt-admissionshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/14/2435079-burris-feds-questions-didnt-prompt-admissionspoliticsdonationbarack-obamarod-blagojevichus-newsblagojevichburrisillinois-republicanillinois-legislatureleading-republicansroland-burrisSat, 14 Feb 2009 17:43:21 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Dec. 30, 2008, file photo, former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris addresses the media in Chicago after being appointed by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, to fill President Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. Burris, now in the Senate, admitted Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 that former Gov. Blagojevich's brother had asked him for a campaign contribution before the governor appointed Burris. In his statement, Burris, a Democrat like the governor, said he told Blagojevich he would not raise money because it would look like he was trying to win favor from the governor for his appointment. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., attends a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing as he listens to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testify, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Sen. Roland Burris admitted in a document released Saturday that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother asked him for campaign fundraising help before the governor appointed Burris to the Senate. The disclosure is at odds with Burris' testimony in January when an Illinois House impeachment committee specifically asked if he had ever spoken to Robert Blagojevich or other aides to the now-deposed governor about the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., listens to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testify during a Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Sen. Roland Burris admitted in a document released Saturday that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother asked him for campaign fundraising help before the governor appointed Burris to the Senate. The disclosure is at odds with Burris' testimony in January when an Illinois House impeachment committee specifically asked if he had ever spoken to Robert Blagojevich or other aides to the now-deposed governor about the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. speaks during a press conference in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. Burris fielded questions about a major omission from the testimony he made in January to a state House committee investigating former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment. (AP Photo/David Banks)</p><p>Senator Roland Burris, D-Ill. arrives at a press conference in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/David Banks)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. leaves a press conference in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. Burris fielded questions about a major omission from the testimony he made in January to a state House committee investigating former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment. (AP Photo/David Banks)</p><p>Senator Roland Burris, D-Ill. speaks during a press conference in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009. Burris fielded questions about a major omission from the testimony he made in January to a state House committee investigating former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment. (AP Photo/David Banks)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), speaks during a press conference outside the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), speaks during a press conference outside the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), leaves a press conference outside Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), right, leaves with Rev. Willie Barrow after a press conference at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), arrives at a press conference outside Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)</p><p>Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), leaves Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church after a press conference in Chicago, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/09/2195215-ill-lawmakers-hope-to-set-vote-on-obama-successorhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/09/2195215-ill-lawmakers-hope-to-set-vote-on-obama-successorsenatepoliticsrod-blagojevichus-newsblagojevichrichard-durbinillinois-legislaturepresident-elect-barack-obamatop-illinoisTue, 9 Dec 2008 18:38:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, to discuss the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)</p><p>Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, where he talked the about the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/13/1364462-obama-says-illinois-earmarks-are-publichttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/13/1364462-obama-says-illinois-earmarks-are-publicpoliticsobamabarack-obamaprojectspet-projectsillinois-legislatureThu, 13 Mar 2008 20:27:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., left, walks with Sen. Richard Durbin D-Ill., Thursday, March 13, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)</p>nul<p>Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., walks down the stairs on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)</p>nul<p>Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., walks down the stairs on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)</p>nul<p>Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., left, walks with Sen. Richard Durbin D-Ill., Thursday, March 13, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)</p>nul