- Tech bill to fund research center, electric car infrastructure plan
Gov. Quinn today signed a capital bill providing nearly $250 million for Illinois technology projects ranging from developing an electric-car infrastructure to helping fund a new science and technology research center at Northwestern University.
- Gov. Pat Quinn signs $31 billion statewide public-works package
Quinn signs big package that also OKs video poker
Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Monday a $31 billion statewide construction program for crumbling roads, mass transit and schools that will be paid for by legalizing video poker, raising fees on motorists and boosting taxes on candy, beauty products and booze.
The rookie Democratic governor said he is "betting on the future of Illinois" by launching the state's first major public-works package in a decade, predicting it would create or keep in place more than 400,000 jobs over six years. The legislation also provides more than $3 billion for hundreds of local pork-barrel projects doled out by Quinn and state lawmakers.
$3 billion in pork? "Sin taxes" raised across the board? And the "fees" on motorists?
- Driver license renewals up 200% from $10 to $30
- License plates up 25% to $99 from $79
- Car Title transfers up almost 50% from $65 to $95
Bend over Illinois. Here it comes again and Quinn is driving the train.
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