September 2, 2010
By Kevin Lee and Bill McMorris Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD – This school year, many parents across the state are having to pay a little more to send their kids to school.
District officials throughout the state say they have bumped up their fees to account for late state payments to their districts.
Patrick Collins, the lead prosecutor in George Ryan's trial, says the state is going through "unprecedented times" with the Blagojevich trial...
September 2, 2010
By Paige Cunningham Old Dominion Watchdog and Virginia Statehouse News
Pension payments are lighter for Virginia schools as they struggle through the recession, but some district officials say delaying contributions will come back to bite them.
Last spring, the General Assembly excused school districts from contributing to teacher pensions during the months of April, May and June. [...]
September 2, 2010
By Eric Boehm PA Independent
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The state's Republican Attorney General who is also campaigning for governor has moved to join the upcoming trials of two Democratic lawmakers accused of similar yet totally separate crimes.
Meanwhile, a Republican state lawmaker facing similar corruption charges will have his own, separate trial.
September 3, 2010
By Megan Poinski Maryland Reporter
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Despite an overall decline in revenues, there was reason to celebrate at Wednesday’s Board of Public Works meeting.
“The good news is that we managed to outperform the catastrophic revenue projections that we were living under by more than $180 million,” Comptroller Peter Franchot said.
Top State News
September 2, 2010
By Kevin Lee and Bill McMorris Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD – This school year, many parents across the state are having to pay a little more to send their kids to school.
District officials throughout the state say they have bumped up their fees to account for late state payments to their districts.
September 2, 2010
By Kevin Lee and Bill McMorris Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD – This school year, many parents across the state are having to pay a little more to send their kids to school.
District officials throughout the state say they have bumped up their fees to account for late state payments to their districts.
August 31, 2010
By Paige Cunningham
Old Dominion Watchdog and Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly 15 percent of unemployment benefits were paid last year to Virginians who didn’t qualify for them, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
In 2009, Virginia ranked ninth for how much states overpaid workers claiming unemployment. Of $1.14 billion the state paid in unemployment, [...]
August 30, 2010
By Bill McMorris Illinois Statehouse News
CHICAGO — A multi-billion dollar effort to develop clean coal technology in Illinois could be in jeopardy after federal officials changed the nature of the program.
Illinois Statehouse News has learned that board members from the FutureGen Alliance, a multi-national coalition of energy companies, will meet Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to decide [...]
August 27, 2010
By Stephen Groves Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND, Va. — In Virginia, even the animals get a day of rest. For now.
Hunters in the Commonwealth have been barred from hunting on Sundays since the days of John Smith and Pocahontas, says Gov. Robert F. McDonnell. But the governor has promised to consider pushing legislation to lift some [...]
