Gov. Pat Quinn on pension mess: ‘Everything is on the table’

Updated: 2012-02-22 16:11:45

Gov. Pat Quinn took his case for a budgetary crash diet directly to state lawmakers Wednesday, pushing a grim assortment of prison closures and spending cuts in a spending plan that he said was built around “hard realities.”

• Half of special ed teachers to retain jobs at Minooka High

  Updated: 2012-02-22 16:12:09

  MINOOKA — Half of the special education teachers working at Minooka High School will keep their positions in the 2012 school year. When the district decentralized from the Grundy County Special Education Cooperative last year, it meant all special education teachers would be laid off. …Read More

• Proposed intermodal district concerns Elwood officials
  Updated: 2012-02-22 16:11:29
• Cunningham back on the 11th District GOP ballot
• Stop reportedly yields drugs and a stolen handgun
• Troy schools post seniority list
• Poll: Donations