On March 3, Kristina Rasmussen testified before the Illinois House of Representatives Health Care Licenses Committee about hair braider licensing. She says the current licensing regulations are onerous and stand in the way job-creating entrepreneurs.
The Department of Employment Security spent over $46K on brochures for Tele-Serve, the telephone hot-line that assists individuals applying for unemployment benefits.
Don't want health care reform the Obama way? Too bad.
The Department of Commerce gave $5,000 to an organization in Carlinville, Illinois to support the Annual Christmas Market it puts on.
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity gave three grants totaling more than $100,000 to Vintage Tech Recyclers Inc. in 2008.
From Haiti to Illinois to Canada, meet the new boss; same as the old boss.
Tired of scouring the web for records of state budgets in years passed? The Illinois Policy Institute has archived budgets from fiscal year 2005 here for your convenience.
The Department of Transportation spent $4,258K on Legal and Attorney Fees in 2009
What human health care can learn from pet care.
Illinois spent at least $813,653,009.72 on purchases from other states.
How free are we in Illinois?
The Department of Employment Security spent over $150K on envelopes in 2008 and 2009.
The State of Illinois spent over $60K on moving expenses in 2008 and 2009. Find out more here.
The state of Illinois spent over $15 million on gas, oil, and antifreeze in 2008 and 2009.