By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is once again fighting off charges from critics that he is rewarding a supporter of last year's income tax increase with a cushy state government job. 

By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News   SPRINGFIELD — Medicaid spending Illinois is expected to increase — that is not in dispute.   The dispute is how this exploding expense is being calculated in the three-year budget projection and the implications of those amounts.

By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — A debate over the future of developmental disability and mental health care in Illinois is paving the way for a behind-the-scenes brawl between unions in the state.

By Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Cameras in Illinois will soon do what has always been a police officer’s job — issue speeding tickets.

  By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Statehouse News spoke with lawmakers, a university president and people outside of the state Capitol to go between the lines of Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the State address.

By Benjamin Yount and Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers say they want to hear more from Gov. Pat Quinn than just talk about jobs — they want a plan. Quinn is expected to make employment a cornerstone of his State of the State address at noon Wednesday.