Earlier this week the White House released its fact sheet (PDF, see page 27) on the "immediate, tangible impacts" of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, Barack Obama's centerpiece legislation to address the economic crisis. Among the billions of dollars proposed to be pumped into the economy, Illinois would stand to benefit from transit and infrastructure projects, green jobs and a mix of tax credits and government benefit extensions. more ›

Illinois State Senator Larry Bomke (R-Springfield) really wants to see Bill Ayers fired from his job as a professor at UIC. Bomke has introduced a proposal that says anyone who has committed an act of violence against the governments of the United States or Illinois cannot work at a public university. more ›