Illinois faces an estimated $13 billion budget deficit in the coming fiscal year, the equivalent of almost half the state's entire general fund. It's by far the worst shortfall in the state's history and one of the worst in the nation. School districts, hospitals, state vendors and others are so far behind in promised payments from the state that teachers are being furloughed and businesses are in danger of going under.
Madigan "isn't going to pass a tax hike without Republican votes, for political reasons, and the Republican leader (Cross) isn't going to let his members vote for a tax increase, for political reasons," said Charles N. Wheeler, head of the Public Affairs Reporting program at the University of Illinois at Springfield. "If there wasn't an election, there might be more willingness to deal with this."
Wheeler's comments were featured in a May 3, 2010, article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Summer jobs for students harder to find this year
Memo to high school and college students looking for summer jobs: You should have started yesterday.
Adult workers and the economy are squeezing the summer job market, and some summer jobs that previously could be counted on simply aren’t there this year.
Tammy Craig, director of career services at the University of Illinois Springfield, agrees that the summer job market is tighter.
“Absolutely,” she said. “It’s slim pickings right now.”
She said her listings include a job as a summer day camp counselor, jobs at a day camp and pool, and an ice delivery driver. But she said there’s no way to tell if those postings already have been filled.
Craig's comments were featured in a May 3, 2010, edition of The State Journal-Register.
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Adult workers and the economy are squeezing the summer job market, and some summer jobs that previously could be counted on simply aren’t there this year.
Tammy Craig, director of career services at the University of Illinois Springfield, agrees that the summer job market is tighter.
“Absolutely,” she said. “It’s slim pickings right now.”
She said her listings include a job as a summer day camp counselor, jobs at a day camp and pool, and an ice delivery driver. But she said there’s no way to tell if those postings already have been filled.
Craig's comments were featured in a May 3, 2010, edition of The State Journal-Register.
Download a PDF of the article
UIS students reject fee for new student union
University of Illinois Springfield students overwhelmingly voted against building a new student union.
A vote in favor of the proposed $17 million facility would have meant an increase in student fees to pay for it. The union was to include a “great hall,” recreation and entertainment space, a small convenience store and possibly space for student organizations and a coffee shop.
Votes, certified Friday, were 376 against the union and 167 for it. Another 44 abstained. The results were held in conjunction with UIS’s Student Government Association Elections.
The vote was featured in a May 1, 2010, article in The State Journal-Register.
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