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A nearly $240-thousand dollar allotment of Illinois Jobs Now money will help upgrade roads on the campus of Danville Area...
Gov. Pat Quinn says before he’ll take a look at a gambling bill, there must be movement on public pension reform. Nic G...
Governor Pat Quinnhas announced that fiscal year 2013 income tax revenues will exceed the Illinois Department of Revenue&rsqu...
Gov. Pat Quinn likes what he is seeing so far on a gambling expansion bill that passed out of the Senate.Quinn says the bill ...
Governor Pat QuinnSunday vetoed Senate Bill 9, which would have allowed Illinois’ large electric utilities to undermine...
Governor Pat Quinn today (Thursday, April 18th)declared a state of emergency as state agencies prepared to provide assistance...
State Representative Chad Hays (R-Catlin) and Senator Michael Frerichs (D-Champaign) say they are very pleased to see local p...
A six-year, $12.62 billion transportation construction plan is rolling out of the governor’s office.“Illinois...
State Representative Chad Hays (R-Catlin) says he is very pleased to see work along Interstate 74 in Vermilion County is incl...
State Representative Chad Hays (R-Catlin) says he is very pleased to see work along Interstate 74 in Vermilion County is incl...
As news was still coming out about Monday afternoon’s explosions at the Boston Marathon, Gov. Pat Quinn said it’s...
The lieutenant governor’s office is so important that the last one succeeded an impeached governor. But it’s so u...
Gov. Pat Quinn hopes that lawmakers drafting concealed carry legislation include provisions to allow certain cities and towns...
Gov. Pat Quinn believes support for same-sex marriage is growing in the House and is encouraged that it will pass.Quinn says ...
The state is launching a cyber challenge.The Illinois Governor’s Cyber Challenge is a statewide competition that will f...
Governor Pat Quinn is again indicating he is open to expanding gambling. But commenting in Chicago Monday, Quinn said it won&...
Gov. Pat Quinn announced this year’s installment of the “Illinois Jobs Now!” capital construction program, ...
Gov. Pat Quinn was jubilant Wednesday, a day after the state’s largest public-workers’ union ratified its long-ne...
Governor Pat Quinn is more open to the idea of bringing five new casinos to the state. But he is not totally on-board with th...
A statewide coalition that supports expanding gambling says Senate Bill 1739 addresses Governor Pat Quinn’s concerns on...
A crowd estimated at more than 4,000 attended visitation Sunday for a Hudson, Illinois volunteer firefighter killed in the li...
Some local legislators were disappointed with parts of Governor Pat Quinn’s budget message Wednesday. State Senator Mik...
Gov. Pat Quinn spent much of his budget addressWednesday reprimanding lawmakers for their inaction on pension restructuring.T...
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn will roll out a spending plan of $35.6 billion for the fiscal year that starts July 1.His spokesw...
Governor Pat Quinn has today (Monday) vetoed a gambling expansion bill which included plans for a new casino in Danville. But...
State workers are talking about going on strike if contract talks don’t show more progress.Jim Anderson has more....The...
Gov. Pat Quinn will be in Springfield today (Wednesday) as lawmakers take aim at public pension reform.Quinn visits Springfie...
Gov. Pat Quinn says safe working conditions in prisons remain a top priority. Nic Gale has more....Quinn’s comments com...
A remembrance ceremony was held today (Thursday, Feb. 14th) on the fifth anniversary of the massacre at Northern Illinois Uni...
On this Valentine’s Day, love is in that air, especially at the state Capitol. The Senate is expected to vote today (Th...
The first big meeting in this new legislative session between unions and lawmakers didn’t produce much in the way of so...
State Senator Jason Barickman thinks Governor Pat Quinn is out of touch with reality when it comes to the state’s finan...
Illinois lawmakers who didn’t have a rendezvous with reality last year will have to have one this year, according to th...
State Representative Chad Hays (R-Catlin) says Governor Pat Quinn’s State of the State Address sounded more like a camp...
It appears Illinois lawmakers know the importance of public pension reform and they agree on a way to do it, the question now...
Gov. Pat Quinn is defending his decision not to have a bond sale as planned.The $500 million bond sale was to have gone t...
A Vermilion County ‘Rails to Trails’ project and one involving plans for a new shared use path near Danville High...
Thousands of Chicago-style pizzas are headed overseas to members of the military in time for Super Bowl Sunday.The nonprofit ...
With Standard and Poor’s downgrading Illinois General Obligation bond rating to A- with a negative outlook, Gov. Pat Qu...
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has announcedundocumented immigrantsmay begin applying for temporary visitor driver&#...
On this Martin Luther King Day, the president will be sworn in for a second term and Illinois politicians will be on hand to ...
Governor Pat Quinn has announced several appointments to the boards of two of Illinois’ top universities. Amongthe appo...
As the federal government mulls gun control and New York passes legislation outlawing military type weapons and large capacit...
Gov. Pat Quinn says the state must deal with public pension reform before it deals with any other issue. Nic Gale has more......
Chances for a new Danville casino are still alive. State Senator Terry Link says he plans to tweak a gambling expansion bill ...
The Illinois pension problems remain, with the General Assembly adjourning its two-year session Tuesday evening without calli...
Gov. Pat Quinn is making an 11th hour push to pass pension reform legislation. Ryan Hermes has more....Quinn wants lawmakers ...
Gov. Pat Quinn says a hurdle has been removed in the quest for public pension reform.Quinn told a group of state legislators ...
Gov. Pat Quinn says the legislative lame duck session should be about pensions. A rotunda full of ralliers seems to agree. Th...
AsIllinois Senate returns to Springfield today (Wednesday, January 2nd), the public pension situation is still unresolved. Wh...
The Lame Duck session in Springfield will be short, but Gov. Pat Quinn says much can be accomplished.The Senate will be in se...
Gov. Pat Quinn is not losing sleep over the so-called Fiscal Cliff.In the absence of congressional action, come Jan. 1, incom...
Union members say they’ll up their contributions to public pension funds, if the state will quit opting out of its cont...
Governor Pat Quinn today (Tues., Dec. 18th)announced that the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois State Police, t...
Gov. Pat Quinn is using heightened sensitivity over guns to bolster his push of a state ban on assault weapons. Jim Anderson ...
Paying for portions of the state’s capital program may come down to closing loopholes, according to Gov. Pat Quinn.Reve...
Gov. Pat Quinn is demonstrating how paying the state’s pension obligation is taking money away from other things.Tuesda...
Gov. Pat Quinn is not a fan of concealed weapons, but he says he’ll follow the law.“We live in a nation of laws. ...
Governor Pat Quinn can go ahead with his controversial plan to shutter several Illinois prisons. That was last night's ru...
Now that his veto of funding for prisons has been affirmed, the governor is planning to ask a judge this week for permission ...
Governor Pat Quinn visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus Thursdayto announce $4 million in Illinois ...
State Representative Jason Barickman of Champaign is extremely disappointed that a vote was not allowed in the veto session t...
A potential candidate for governor hopes four Illinois correctional facilities stay open. The Illinois House is expected to v...
Some lawmakers doubt there will be movement on pensions before the end of the year.Gov. Pat Quinn is hoping lawmakers will ta...
The Illinois Senate sponsor of a gambling expansion bill now says it could be January before an attempt is made again to get ...
Illinois governors have the power to make changes to a bill via “amendatory veto.” The idea is not to make someth...
State Senator Mike Frerichs says lawmakers have a number of tough issues to face as they return for the fall veto session. Am...
Governor Pat Quinnhas announced 54 law enforcement officers deployed to New Jersey on Saturday to help local law enforcement ...
Illinois Republicans won’t have much company in the General Assembly when the new session convenes Jan. 9. They’l...
Quiet for over 10 days, Gov. Pat Quinn has made a public appearance a day after the election.Quinn, who had a speaking role a...
Governor Pat Quinnhas announced the deployment of 13 local emergency managers and two Illinois Emergency Management Agency&rs...
All Illinois lawmakers want to tackle public pension reform and a casino expansion plan, but how it gets done is a matter of ...
State Senator Mike Frerichs joined AFSCME Council 31 in front of the Danville Correctional Center yesterday afternoon, callin...
State Senator Mike Frerichs joined AFSCME Council 31 in front of the Danville Correctional Center yesterday afternoon, callin...
The state is encouraging schools to participate in the “breakfast in the classroom” program as part of the 2012-2...
Gov. Pat Quinn doesn’t think much of a pledge that Republicans have made ahead of the November elections.One of the ple...
State Representative Chad Hays says he would like to see an attempt to override a veto of a gambling expansion bill during th...
Illinois Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) is sounding the alarm, saying taxpayers will see significantly...
Although he vetoed a gambling expansion bill, Governor Pat Quinn is again saying he has not given up on adding five new casin...
Legalized video gambling is expected to begin soon at bars and restaurants across Illinois. Governor Pat Quinn says state reg...
Gov. Pat Quinn says the best way to fight poverty is with jobs and a higher minimum wage.In response to the Census report sho...
Gov. Pat Quinn will lead a trade mission to Brazil Sunday (Sept.23rd) in an effort to increase economic opportunities between...
The state treasurer says this is no time to be closing prisons. Jim Anderson has more....With the prison population at an all...
Some 300 Department of Children and Family Services employees gathered outside of the Thompson Center in ChicagoWednesday (Se...
Gov. Pat Quinn says Republicans are just politicking when it comes to accusing him of moving too slowly on the implementation...
A judge in Mount Vernon has sided with AFSCME….the union representing Illinois prison guards….in upholding a re...
It doesn’t look like pension reform will gain any traction with lawmakers until after the November election.Lawmakers l...
Gov. Pat Quinn told his fellow Democrats in Charlotte Tuesday evening the Republicans are scared of facts. Dave Dahl has more...
A temporary restraining order issued by a judge in Alexander County on Tuesday has put the brakes on plans of Governor Pat Qu...
The Democratic National Convention has kicked-off in Charlotte, North Carolina. State Senator Mike Frerichs is one of the del...
The warnings proved true, as Standard and Poor’sWednesday reduced Illinois’ bond rating from A+ to A.Gov. Pat Qui...
With lawmakers failing to act on pension reform and Gov. Pat Quinn vetoing gambling expansion legislation, can a compromise b...
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has vetoed Senate Bill 1849, which would have expanded gaming and brought a new casino to Danvill...
Area residents and leaders are anxiously awaiting Governor Pat Quinn’s decision on a gambling expansion bill. He has un...
Illinois has evolved into a “blue state,” but there are still plenty of Republicans – and plenty of opinion...
The Illinois Manufacturers' Association (IMA) is disappointed in Governor Pat Quinn's veto of SB 3442 that would have...
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says he will wait until early next week to make up his mind on a gambling expansion bill. The Chi...
Gov. Pat Quinn won't launch his so-called grassroots campaign on pension reform until the middle of next month.Lawmakers ...
Gov. Pat Quinn says video gambling should be underway soon across the state....including here in Vermilion County.Lawmakers a...
Fitting the Illinois State Fair’s mission of promoting agriculture, Gov. Pat Quinn used Ag Day at the fair to sign a ha...
As lawmakers prepare for a Special Session day this week, there’s still no indication that a deal has been reached amon...
Those who served, those who are serving, and those who didn’t come home were the honorees Sunday at the Illinois State ...
The Chairman of the Vermilion County Board, James McMahon, says he expects more businesses will seek ‘K’ classifi...
Politicians cannot get away from parades. And Gov. Pat Quinn used the occasion of the Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade Thu...
Gov. Pat Quinn is defending an Illinois State Police investigation over possible leaks of information from Tamms Correctional...
Enterprise zones will be around for another quarter-century.Gov. Pat Quinnhas signedlegislationthat re-authorizes enterprise ...
Office of Governor Pat Quinn. Governor Pat Quinnhas announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared 98 of 102 ...
In the aftermath of the deadly theater shooting in Colorado, Gov. Pat Quinn has penned an amendatory veto banning certain typ...
As Illinois lawmakers prepare to return for a special session in August, one local legislator says solving the issue of pensi...
Gov. Pat Quinn has called a Special Session of the General Assembly on Aug 17. Nic Gale has more....Quinn is calling on membe...
Gov. Pat Quinn continues to push for a plan that would shift pension costs for teachers from the state to school districts. N...
Liquor establishments located in unincorporated areas of Vermilion County can now apply for a state video gaming license. But...
There’s no improvement this week in Illinois’ farm fields. And now Governor Pat Quinn is asking that the entire s...
Governor Pat Quinn was joined by Nippon Sharyo executives today (Thursday, July 19th) to open the company’s new U.S. he...
The case of cancelled pay raises for some State of Illinois employees is being sent back to a Cook County Judge. An arbitrato...
Four new consumer protections have been signed into law.One of those laws bans a telephone scam known as “cramming.&rdq...
A new law aimed at raising Diabetes awareness proclaims every November 14 “Diabetes Awareness Day” in the state o...
The man charged with trying to get the “Chicago Clean Energy” facility built for Leucadia says the Illinois Comme...
State Representative Chad Hays (R-Catlin) says he remains confident that a gambling expansion bill will be enacted. But he is...
Vermilion County farmers could soon be able to apply for government help because of the drought. Governor Pat Quinn is asking...
Gov. Pat Quinn toured a farm in Waltonville Mondayto check on the effects the drought is having on agriculture.Quinn says sev...
With a stroke of his pen today (Wednesday), Gov. Pat Quinn abolished political scholarships.After several tries to abolish th...
A statewide group is urging Governor Pat Quinn to sign a gambling expansion bill that includes plans for a new Danville casin...
We should know in the next two months whether Governor Pat Quinn will sign…..or veto…..a gambling expansion bil...
If Governor Pat Quinn follows through on his plan to close some state facilities, some of the affected employees could transf...
Gov. Pat Quinn is talking about selling Tamms prison.The 14-year-old super-max prison will be closed, and the governor is off...
A new law aims at protecting young people from sex abuse and child abuse.In the wake of the child sex abuse scandal at Penn S...
Governor Quinn Takes Budget ActionOffice of Governor Pat Quinn NEWSGovernor Pat Quinn today (Saturday)reduced the budget he ...
The Champaign-based Campaign for Better Health Care is celebrating after today’s (Thursday's)U.S. Supreme Court dec...
Governor Pat Quinnhas signed a bill into law to help ensure that state of Illinois retirees will continue to receive access t...
Pension reform is on tap today (Thursday) as legislative leaders meet again with Gov. Pat Quinn.While all leaders agree pensi...
A copy of a memo obtained by our News Department (WDAN-WDNL-WRHK)indicates Governor Pat Quinn has made a final decision to pr...
With hot weather forecasted across Illinois this week, Governor Pat Quinnhas announced services available throughout the stat...
Governor Pat Quinnhas signed a new law that will protect postal workers and letter carriers by allowing judges to consider ha...
State Representative Chad Hays is praising the Medicaid reform bills signed by Governor Pat Quinn as ‘’historic&r...
Governor Pat Quinn has signed into law a package of reforms designed to rescue the state’s Medicaid system from the bri...
Legislative leaders are expected to meet toward the end of the month on pension reforms, and Gov. Pat Quinn isn’t backi...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he is still awaiting the arrival of a bill that would reinstate an early release policy for non-violent c...
As mayors in Danville, Rockford and Chicago push for casinos in their cities, Gov. Pat Quinn says there are flaws in the gamb...
A gambling expansion bill which includes plans for a Danville casino has passed the Illinois House and Senate, and now it hea...
A gambling expansion bill which includes plans for five new casinos was approved by the Illinois Senate Executive Committee 9...
There was a joker in the deck nobody was counting on. As word spread through the statehouse of the unpopularity of a plan to ...
The House and Senate have now passed a cigarette tax increase to help fill a gaping Medicaid budget hole, and the governor ha...
Medicaid changes are on their way to the governor after a measure providing $1.6 billion in cuts shot through the legisla...
Governor Pat Quinn says he will veto the gambling expansion bill that was approved by the Illinois House Wednesday if it reac...
A gaming expansion proposal that includes plans for a new Danville casino has cleared the Illinois House of Representatives. ...
Lawmakers have less than two weeks before their scheduled adjournment, and the governor wants to make sure they’re on t...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he is going to sign the bill doing away with the controversial tuition waiver program, which has – ...
Reforms to Medicaid and the state pension system would ensure the continuation of the state’s capital plan, according t...
Gambling proponents say a measure to allow five new casinos, allow more slot machines at existing casinos and put slots at ra...
Gov. Pat Quinn, in his own words, says he’ll work for same-sex marriage in Illinois.The governor said last week through...
If the battle in Springfield over pensions and Medicaid gets hot, the governor says lawmakers will have to deal with it. Jim ...
As lawmakers in Springfield abolish legislative scholarships and kick around an idea to expand gambling in Illinois, the gove...
State Representative Chad Hays (R-Catlin) says he expects a vote this week on the proposal to expand gambling in Illinois. An...
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) promises to fight for transportation funds.Durbin is a member of the conference committee that...
Illinois State Police telecommunications workers from the Pesotum Headquarters in Champaign County are taking to the picket l...
Danville’s Mayor is back in Springfield to help push for passage of a new gambling expansion bill. Mayor Scott Eisenhau...
The governor is pressing the case for a cigarette tax increase to save Medicaid. Jim Anderson has more....Gov. Pat Quinn prop...
Trying to make up $2.7 billion, Gov. Pat Quinn says his job is to tell lawmakers not what they want to hear, but what the...
Gov. Pat Quinn is joining those who oppose the construction of an immigrant detention center in Illinois. Nic Gale has more.....
Illinois lawmakers have not forgotten about adding casinos. Dave Dahl has more....State Sen. Terry Link (D-Waukegan) says he ...
The governor can’t say enough about the character of the University of Illinois’ departing president, but thinks ...
An Illinois congressman says the federal government “got everything wrong” by denying benefits to tornado-ravaged...
With legislation moving in Springfield to ban talking on a phone and driving, Gov. Pat Quinn says he doesn’t yet know i...
An estimated 750 people were on hand last night for a rally at the Dwight Township High School aimed at saving the Dwight Cor...
Gov. Pat Quinn has declared the southern third of Illinois a state disaster area after an EF4 tornado tore through, killing s...
A $5.2 million dollar addition to the Mary Miller Center is advancing at Danville Area Community College. Mike Cunningham...
The governor says public safety remains his top priority when it comes to consolidating prison populations as the state looks...
State Representative Chad Hays says lawmakers have their work cut out for them. He says Governor Pat Quinn painted with broad...
Area lawmakers had mixed reaction to Governor Pat Quinn’s budget message Wednesday. Representative Chad Hays, Republica...
Gov. Pat Quinn proposed an economical state budgetWednesday that partially addresses the state’s fiscal problems. Jim A...
State Representative Chad Hays (R – Catlin) says it is time for lawmakers to get serious about the state’s financ...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he's prepared to cut the state budget back to levels Illinois hasn't seen in four years.Ahead of ...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he deserves a better grade on his job creation policies than the “C” given to him by the head...
The Chairman of the Vermilion County Board thinks it will take some type of local referendum to keep Vermilion Manor Nursing ...
A new Paris Cooperative High School has been given the green light with the announcement today that the project is getting a ...
A former central Illinois lawmaker has been named the new Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Governor Pat Qu...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he’s ready to listen to the debate over proposed legislation that would require handgun owners stat...
The governor is looking to cut $2 billion from the state’s Medicaid costs.A key to the state’s 2013 budget wi...
Meetingsare continuingin an effort to reach agreement on expanding legalized gambling in Illinois. And another one is set thi...
State Representative Chapin Rose thinks Governor Pat Quinn painted a rosy picture during Wednesday’s State of the State...
The governor’s State of the State address focused on a number of reforms and initiatives he would like to see. Nic Gale...
*** Neuhoff Media - Danville will be providing live coverage of Governor Pat Quinn's State of the Union Address today (We...
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is speaking and doing better than doctors expected after emergency surgery following a weekend s...
Governor Pat Quinn has signed legislation designed to help law enforcement agencies in their fight against meth. Senate Bill ...
The towns of Oakwood and Milford will benefit from some Illinois Community Development Assistance Grants that have been annou...
Gov. Pat Quinn is putting together a think tank to look at ways to deal with the state’s failing pension system.On Mond...
Plans are in the works for a casino in Beloit, Wis., a stone’s throw from Rockford. But Governor Pat Quinn believes Ill...
A commission evaluating ways to consolidate small school districts is finding it hard to deliver savings. Jim Anderson has mo...
Illinois has two new laws to help veterans. One of the laws allows those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan, and were honorabl...
Gov. Pat Quinn is still at odds with the state’s Catholic bishops. Jim Anderson has more.... Quinn met on Friday with n...
Gov. Pat Quinn leaves tonight (Monday, 6:40 p.m.) on his annual trip to Germany. It’s a trip to visit wounded soldiers ...
Members of the Illinois General Assembly are being praised by a Danville company for extending the state’s biodiesel bl...
The governor says Wednesday was a sad day for Illinois with the sentencing of Rod Blagojevich, but it’s a necessary ste...
Should Cook County be its own state? While a state representative is pushing a bill to do that, some of Illinois top politici...
With no tax savings measure on the books, Sears says it still plans to make a decision on relocation by the end of the year. ...
The future of two Illinois corporations is still in question after lawmakers failed to pass tax breaks designed to keep them ...
Danville residents are going to have to wait until spring to find out whether the city will get a new casino. Members of the ...
Governor Pat Quinn says he is still not satisfied with the latest gambling expansion plan being proposed in Springfield&helli...
Gov. Pat Quinn says lawmakers must get back to work on a gambling expansion bill. Nic Gale has more.... The governor wants a ...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he's "very optimistic" a budget deal can be worked out to keep seven state facilities he'd plan...
The Illinois House Executive Committee has approved the latest gambling expansion package after hearing from Danville Mayor S...
A vote on a gambling expansion bill that includes a Danville casino could come up as early as today (Tuesday) as lawmakers ge...
The President of the Illinois Senate says a vote will be taken next week on a new gambling expansion bill. Senate President J...
This year’s weather and its impact on crops has resulted with Vermilion and Champaign – and 75 other Illinois cou...
Talks to try to work out a compromise on a gambling expansion bill were expected to begin this week, but Governor Pat Quinn i...
It appeared Thursday that Governor Pat Quinn and legislatorswere going to strike a deal on expanded gambling. Senate Presiden...
The legislation Gov. Pat Quinn mocked as “Smart Greed” has advanced despite his remarks that lawmakers are only i...
Gov. Pat Quinn is challenging lawmakers to send him a casino expansion bill which he has already said he doesn’t like. ...
Gov. Pat Quinn hopes soon to resolve two problems with public pensions. Jim Anderson has more.... Problem No. 1 is individual...
A utility modernization bill that is being criticized as a bonanza for power companies could get a new life in the fall veto ...
At a news conference yesterday, governor Pat Quinn gave some insight into what shape gambling legislation would have to take ...
Illinois lawmakers say they’ve crafted a revision to the expanded gambling proposal that will please everyone, but Gov....
Gov. Pat Quinn is hoping his recent trip overseas will lure some additional car manufacturing to Illinois.The first time Quin...
Proponents of a major Illinois gambling expansion are tweaking it to try “pleasing everyone,” but anti-gambling g...
The President of the Illinois Senate, John Cullerton, says he is open to reducing the number of gaming positions in a gamblin...
A new study warns Governor Pat Quinn’s plan to close two correctional facilities to help balance the budget could incre...
Gov. Pat Quinn followed throughMonday on a promise to veto a bill to raise electricity rates. Nic Gale has more.... Quinn cal...
Gov. Pat Quinn is moving to close seven state facilities, resulting in 1,938 layoffs of state employees because there isn&rsq...
A federal judge in Springfield has ruled Governor Pat Quinn does not have to pay union pay hikes. The judge says the Governor...
Gov. Pat Quinn says he is planning large-scale cuts to the state budget, including laying off workers and closing facilities....
Another group is weighing in on the gambling expansion bill that has yet to hit the governor’s desk. More than a dozen ...
The Farm Progress Show is underway in Decatur, and Governor Pat Quinn hopes the state cashes in. Alex Degman has more.... Tra...
Legislation to raise electric rates to help pay to modernize the state's power grid is on its way to Gov. Pat Quinn, who has ...
