Sandra Guthman, Nikki Stein retiring from Polk Bros. Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation CEO Sandra Guthman and Executive Director Nikki Will Stein will both retire at year’s end. [Read more]… [Read more]
Quinn finds unlikely allies in business community
Gov. Pat Quinn built his career on populism and consumer advocacy. But, in the middle of what might be his defining political moment, he finds himself in an unlikely alliance with major Illinois business groups in a battle against unions and advocates for the poor. [Read more]
Illinois Chamber of Commerce Endorses Governor Quinn’s Pension Reform Proposal
“I’m going to say that I have been very favorably impressed with the Governor over the last several months, he has truly grown into the job and has demonstrated leadership, and accepted responsibility that he needs to be willing to embrace,” says Doug Whitley of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. [Watch here]… [Read more]
Chamber groups get behind Quinn’s pension-reform proposals
Illinois and Springfield Chamber of Commerce officials endorsed Gov. Pat Quinn’s ideas to restructure the state’s ailing pension systems on Wednesday, while expressing reservations about his idea to shift pension costs from the state to local school districts, community colleges and universities. [Read more]… [Read more]
Illinois Hospital Association on “Eye on Illinois”
IHA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs A.J. Wilhelmi speaks with Jim Anderson on “Eye on Illinois” about the need for workable alternatives to draconian Medicaid cuts. [ Listen Here]… [Read more]
Letter to the Editor: Arrests and Hiring
Lynn Todman, executive director of the Institute on Social Exclusion at the Adler School of Professional Psychology comments on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruling in The New York Times. [Read more]… [Read more]
Daily Chronicle View: Medicaid fix affects entire community
There’s no doubt that Illinois’ Medicaid program needs to be reformed. It is one of the most generous systems in the country in terms of its eligibility requirements, and its costs have spiraled out of control. [Read more]… [Read more]
Illinois Hospital Association advocates smaller cuts in Medicaid
The Illinois Hospital Association favors a plan to cut the state’s troubled Medicaid program by trimming half the dollars that Gov. Pat Quinn has requested. [Read more]… [Read more]
Cut, cut, cut
Now that Gov. Pat Quinn has released potentially painful cuts to the state’s health care spending for the poor, advocates for low-income Illinoisans, hospitals and nursing homes are looking to lawmakers to try to block some of those cuts. [Read more]… [Read more]
More on hospitals’ Medicaid ideas
Today’s State Journal-Register editorial invites those opposed to Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to trim $2.7 billion from the state’s Medicaid system to get into action and submit their own plans. [Read more]… [Read more]
