Rich Miller

Illinois

Columnist at Crain's Chicago Business

Publisher at Capitol Fax

All Illinois politics, all the time.

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Recortes a programas federales de salud y nutrición afectarían drásticamente en Illinois

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Rich Miller

El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. El Comité de Energía y Comercio de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos publicó sus recomendaciones para la conciliación presupuestaria a principios de la semana pasada. Una revisión preliminar de la Oficina de Presupuesto del Congreso (OPC) proyectó que, de implementarse, al menos 8.6 mil millones de estadounidenses perderían su cobertura de Medicaid durante la próxima década.
Rich Miller: Federal health, nutrition programs cuts would have drastic effect on Illinois

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Rich Miller

The U.S. House’s Energy and Commerce Committee released its recommendations for budget reconciliation before last week. A preliminary review by the Congressional Budget Office projected that, if implemented, at least 8.6 million Americans would lose their Medicaid coverage during the coming decade. That translates to well more than 300,000 Illinoisans.
Federal health, nutrition programs cuts would have drastic effect on Illinois

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Rich Miller

The U.S. House’s Energy and Commerce Committee released its recommendations for budget reconciliation early last week. A preliminary review by the Congressional Budget Office projected that, if implemented, at least 8.6 million Americans would lose their Medicaid coverage during the coming decade. That translates to well over 300,000 Illinoisans.
House speaker on Crespo ouster: 'Can't allow someone to go rogue'

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Rich Miller

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch took the extraordinary actions last week of permanently kicking Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, out of the House Democratic caucus, stripping him of his legislative staff, removing him from his Appropriations Committee chair position and booting him from the bicameral Legislative Audit Commission. Welch also suspended a Democratic staffer who reportedly helped Crespo prepare an alternative budget plan, which is what got both people axed.
Rich Miller: The party is over when it comes to next year’s state budget

3 weeks ago | shawlocal.com | Rich Miller

I spent some time talking with a top legislative budget negotiator last week who said rank-and-file legislators will very soon have to come to terms with a state budget environment unlike anything many have ever seen before.
Pritzker has to keep Illinois a priority as he eyes the presidency

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Rich Miller

During a rip-roaring speech in New Hampshire last week, Gov. JB Pritzker called for mass national protests and “disruption,” assailed “do-nothing” Democrats for their “simpering timidity” and labeled President Donald Trump a “madman” who cannot be reasoned with. The Jewish Ukrainian American governor said of Trump: “Stop tearing down the Constitution in the name of my ancestors. Do not claim that your authoritarian power grabs are about antisemitism.
Feds’ weak swing in Jones bribery trial part of a troubling trend

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Rich Miller

As you likely know by now, a federal jury deadlocked last week on all three corruption charges against Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago. U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood declared a mistrial after polling individual jurors and arriving at the conclusion that they could not possibly reach a verdict.
Friendship With Our King

1 month ago | cbn.com | Rich Miller

Ahithophel was counselor to the king; and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend. (1 Chronicles 27:33, NASB)Let the truth set you free! We’ve probably all been there. There are parts of the Bible, if we are being honest, that we endure to get to the areas that speak to us. Genealogy chapters in Numbers, instructions about dealing with skin diseases in Leviticus, and dividing up the land of Canaan in Joshua make this list for many.
Eye On Illinois: As bills advance, a reminder the process of actual impact often is long

1 month ago | shawlocal.com | Scott Holland |Rich Miller

The headlines were fast and furious last week as the House and Senate took action on dozens of pieces of legislation. While these floor votes advanced bills from one chamber to another, a significant demarcation for the more than 6,500 proposals filed in the first few months of the 104th General Assembly, there are a few important facts to keep in mind. Primarily, and obviously, anything can still derail.
Rich Miller: Federal funding uncertainty means Illinois budget may not be ‘final’

1 month ago | shawlocal.com | Rich Miller

Gov. JB Pritzker said last week that the extreme uncertainty with the U.S. government and the international economy might mean that the legislature may have to reconvene to reconfigure the state budget after it adjourns at the end of next month. “It may very well be that we’re going to have to come back at some point, depending on what the president does,” Pritzker said during an unrelated press conference.