By Stephanie Fryer | Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House voted Wednesday to eliminate a premium-free insurance perk for retired state workers, including university employees, judges and lawmakers.
Category | State Budgets
PA House to be critical of Senate’s budget plan
May 09, 2012
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent
HARRISBURG — The state House has the Senate’s state budget plan, but a mix of opinions portend a controversial approval process.
VA gov wants cuts to pay for bonuses for state workers
May 09, 2012
By David Frisk | Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Gov. Bob McDonnell and state-employee groups are at odds over his proposal to fund a salary bonus with cuts to state agencies.
PA $27.6B budget bill clears Senate with bipartisan support
May 09, 2012
By Eric Boehm | PA Independent
HARRISBURG — The state Senate approved a $27.6 billion budget Wednesday afternoon and will now let the House tackle how much Pennsylvania should spend next year.
Chicago mayor seeks limits to COLA hikes for retirees
May 08, 2012
By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday echoed a familiar tone during his first official visit to the Illinois General Assembly — pension reform.
Smartphone App
- Primary colors: Expert says GOP stood up in WI recall test run
- United Nations on trial in KS Legislature
- WI recalls complicate absentee voter laws, military vote
- IL House votes to end free health care for state retirees
- IL Senate leader wants biz to make tax returns public
- Audit: Employee used investments by College Illinois! for personal gain
- Voter fraud among noncitizens in FL? Lawmakers feel vindicated
- Establishment picks faces off in FL’s 22nd District
- PA House to be critical of Senate’s budget plan
- We Are Ohio, but just barely
- House moves to repeal sprinkler mandate for PA homes
- Pa. Gov. Corbett wants to roll back pay increase for unionized state employees
- Pennsylvania Castle Doctrine passes state House, again
- PA policy change aims to limit food stamp eligibility
- Smoke and mirror obscure KS business data
- Rasmussen: Raese 50 Percent, Manchin 43 Percent
- U.S. jobs plunged to decade low in first quarter
- Pennsylvania still only state without natural gas severance tax
- Chamber of Commerce confers on public pensions
- Pelosi, Obama Hawaiian vacations end; taxpayers left with bill
- coupons: Hello there, I discovered your blog by means of Go...
- Marshall Keith: Loved your interview on KFDI. You are dead on when...
- History Buff: Following the money behind the smoking issues trai...
- Pam Parker: Omitting and skewing data is not new to Tobacco Co...
- Fawn: Here is the thing, they take your before tax incom...