http://www.daily-chronicle.comRSS from www.daily-chronicle.comen-usSPRINGFIELD – The U.S. Supreme Court granted an extension Tuesday for Illinois's attorney general to decide whether to appeal a court order permitting the state's gun owners to carry concealed firearms.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/ill-ag-gets-guns-delay-speaker-wants-bill-okd/a39g9g8/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/ill-ag-gets-guns-delay-speaker-wants-bill-okd/a39g9g8/Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:16:00 GMTSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Legislature's special session will cost about $40,000 a day, which includes a $111 daily payment to lawmakers to defray the cost of food and lodging while they work in the state capitol.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/legislatures-special-session-to-cost-40k-a-day/acrob89/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/legislatures-special-session-to-cost-40k-a-day/acrob89/Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:00 GMTSPRINGFIELD – Unable to overcome a stalemate on the state's $97 billion pension crisis, Gov. Pat Quinn and legislative leaders are working on a new plan that involves forming a bipartisan committee this week and reconvening the Legislature for an additional session in July.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/quinn-ill-lawmakers-plan-pension-talks-into-july/awleb14/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/quinn-ill-lawmakers-plan-pension-talks-into-july/awleb14/Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02:00 GMTCHICAGO – There is a new attraction in Chicago's famous Millennium Park. It is called "The Screen."http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/chicago-park-gets-huge-format-entertainment-screen/axi7vym/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/chicago-park-gets-huge-format-entertainment-screen/axi7vym/Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:12:00 GMTCHICAGO – Illinois residents using mobile phones are wasting $1.4 billion a year by signing up for the wrong cellphone data plan, according to a consumer advocacy group's study released Tuesday.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/cub-illinois-residents-waste-1-4b-on-data-plans/alfpy91/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/cub-illinois-residents-waste-1-4b-on-data-plans/alfpy91/Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:09:00 GMTCARMI, Ill. – The list of Illinois counties where prosecutors have decided not to prosecute people for carrying concealed weapons is growing.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/list-of-illinois-counties-ok-with-concealed-guns-grows/av1d7rb/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/18/list-of-illinois-counties-ok-with-concealed-guns-grows/av1d7rb/Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:26:00 GMTCHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday signed into law the nation’s strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/17/quinn-signs-tough-fracking-regulations-into-law/a2yzj6i/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/17/quinn-signs-tough-fracking-regulations-into-law/a2yzj6i/Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTPONTIAC – Since the late 1990s, there's been a much-whispered rumor that a handgun was smuggled into Pontiac Correctional Center, a myth told behind the walls of the maximum-security prison.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/17/long-rumored-gun-found-behind-pontiac-prison-wall/aq51zo6/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/17/long-rumored-gun-found-behind-pontiac-prison-wall/aq51zo6/Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:39:00 GMTCHICAGO – In his first public remarks since stepping into the race for Illinois governor, former White House chief of staff Bill Daley on Monday criticized both Gov. Pat Quinn and Attorney General Lisa Madigan for not doing more to break a logjam over fixing the state's nearly $100 billion pension crisis.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/17/bill-daley-proposes-plan-to-end-pension-deadlock/anu4dih/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/17/bill-daley-proposes-plan-to-end-pension-deadlock/anu4dih/Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:20:00 GMTEAST ST. LOUIS – An East St. Louis program aimed at helping at-risk students is celebrating after every high school senior enrolled in the program graduated and was accepted to college.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/16/east-st-louis-program-celebrates-grads-college/aoyjt6w/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/16/east-st-louis-program-celebrates-grads-college/aoyjt6w/Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTCHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn wants Illinois residents to buy fruits and vegetables that are produced in-state.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/16/quinn-wants-residents-to-buy-illinois-produce/avnjr9s/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/16/quinn-wants-residents-to-buy-illinois-produce/avnjr9s/Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTSPRINGFIELD – Fatal motorcycle accidents are up 13 percent in Illinois, according to data from the Illinois Department of Transportation.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/16/illinois-motorcycle-fatalities-climb-13-percent/ao8kmc5/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/16/illinois-motorcycle-fatalities-climb-13-percent/ao8kmc5/Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTSPRINGFIELD – Illinois university employees would pay more toward their pensions and receive annual retirement-pay increases tied to inflation in a reform plan the Senate president supports, a spokeswoman said Sunday.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/16/universities-offer-partial-illinois-pension-fix/avk339b/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/16/universities-offer-partial-illinois-pension-fix/avk339b/Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTSPRINGFIELD – As lawmakers strain again this week to find a fix for the state's $97 billion pension crisis, the stalemate between House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton highlights the evolving relationship between two powerful Democratic friends who've seldom had such a prolonged disagreement on such an urgent issue.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/16/illinois-pension-fight-shows-democratic-leader-differences/adylxl8/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/16/illinois-pension-fight-shows-democratic-leader-differences/adylxl8/Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTCHICAGO – The city of Chicago, which plans to close dozens of schools this summer to save money, has received 11,000 requests for help getting children to their new schools along safe-passage routes.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/15/chicago-to-hire-600-for-school-safe-passage-routes/au8z5tn/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/15/chicago-to-hire-600-for-school-safe-passage-routes/au8z5tn/Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTCHICAGO – The newest piece of Chicago’s vast transit puzzle will not rumble between skyscrapers on its 100-year-old elevated rail lines or utilize its fleet of hybrid buses. The city is turning to thousands of shared bicycles to send commuters and visitors zipping on their way.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/15/chicago-joins-growing-club-of-bike-sharing-cities/agii4sy/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/15/chicago-joins-growing-club-of-bike-sharing-cities/agii4sy/Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTCHICAGO – A solution to Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation state pension crisis remained far from reach Friday, as legislative leaders and Gov. Pat Quinn said they would try again to pass a plan backed by House Speaker Michael Madigan – one that failed in the Senate last month and is unlikely to pass next week.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/14/dems-to-try-again-on-madigans-pension-bill/aa6itis/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/14/dems-to-try-again-on-madigans-pension-bill/aa6itis/Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTCHAMPAIGN – Caterpillar Inc. is no longer giving money to the Boy Scouts because the organization discriminates against homosexuals, a spokeswoman for the Illinois-based heavy equipment manufacturer confirmed Thursday.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/13/caterpillar-drops-boy-scouts-support-over-gay-ban/a33joz4/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/13/caterpillar-drops-boy-scouts-support-over-gay-ban/a33joz4/Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTCHICAGO – As she considers another White House bid, Hillary Rodham Clinton intends to work in the nonprofit world on issues like improving early childhood education, promoting the rights of women and girls, and finding ways to improve the economy – a set of priorities that could inform a 2016 presidential campaign.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/13/hillary-clinton-turning-toward-nonprofit-world/awjulwy/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/13/hillary-clinton-turning-toward-nonprofit-world/awjulwy/Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMTCHICAGO – Thunderstorms that punched through northern Illinois raked the region with hail, heavy rain and winds of up to 85 mph, snapping or uprooting large trees and downing power lines.http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/14/cleanup-begins-after-ill-storm/aylv69o/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2013/06/14/cleanup-begins-after-ill-storm/aylv69o/Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMT