Three days of special session have cost Illinois taxpayers $150,000 for less than an hour of work.
State representatives passed House Resolution 290, encouraging tourism between Illinois and the Bahamas.
The measure would set a week aside to honor and appreciate the staff of MacNeal Hospital. The state continues without a budget.
Lawmakers passed a resolution to issue commemorative medallions while the state continues to go without a budget.
State lawmakers still haven’t passed a budget, but the Illinois House of Representatives passed a resolution June 22 declaring Southern Illinois the “Eclipse Crossroads of America.”
Less than 43 minutes of work over two days has cost Illinois taxpayers $100,000.
Instead of working to pass a budget, House representatives passed a nonbinding resolution to rename a portion of Roosevelt Road on the boundary line of Chicago and Cicero.
Metra officials say they’ve reduced the cost of the lobbyist firms’ contracts by bringing down monthly retainer costs by 15 percent.
“I stopped taking a salary a long time ago so our numbers would look good. We’ve been surviving because we’re convenient. “People come to store their boats with us because we’re close to the city. It’s less fuel. It’s not worth going to Wisconsin or Michigan to pay $1,500 less for storage and maintenance. But...
Madigan has stared down Gov. Bruce Rauner for more than 700 days and Rauner just blinked.