East Moline News

Joanne Sandy remembers her reaction when the Illinois budget crisis forced her off the job at Bethany for Children & Families this week.

Moline has about 200 more people, putting them at 43,088. Bettendorf increased by 323 to put that city at 32, 584.

Gov. Pat Quinn delivered a fiscal punch at recalcitrant lawmakers Tuesday, vowing to veto any spending plan that lacks an income tax increase.

Lawmakers adjourned their special legislative session Wednesday, leaving the state's worrisome fiscal condition unfixed and the future of dozens of human service groups unsettled.

After being closed for more than a year, a local food pantry reopened Tuesday. Floods destroyed the Watertown Food Pantry in East Moline in June of 2008.

A semi-tractor trailer leaving the parking lot of 145 N. Crescent Ridge late Friday morning caught some power lines that were lowered by severe weather.

A panel of Clinton City Council members Tuesday approved a measure that would triple the mayor's salary and double city council members salaries.

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BUT THEY'VE APPROVED A $100,000, ZERO PERCENT INTEREST LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE ILLINOIS FINANCE AUTHORITY TO BUY AN AMBULANCE JUST IN CASE.

More than 3,000 officers from Illinois took to the streets to raise money for this years Special Olympics Illinois.

Where will Illinois' culture of corruption strike next? The University of Illinois admissions office has come under scrutiny for accepting subpar students who were recommended by powerful political people.

In many states where residents aren't so familiar with the term "clout list," a public university president in the position of the University of Illinois B. Joseph White might already have been forced out of office.

The chairman of the Illinois House's Higher Education Committee says he wants the president of the University of Illinois system and some trustees to resign.

If you play video poker, crave more information about government spending or desperately want local roads repaired, then state lawmakers delivered for you during their spring session.

A food pantry, closed by flooding a year ago, is still struggling to get emergency food to a neighborhood that volunteers say really needs it.

The Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce and Genesis at Work are proud to present the 2009 State of the Community Address.

A food pantry that serves a portion of East Moline is back open after being flooded out last June.

The University of Illinois scrambled Friday to explain why it keeps a secret clout list of applicants supported by politicians or members of the board of trustees who get preferential treatment in the admissions process.

The Illinois Senate narrowly approved a bill Wednesday that would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to treat seriously ill patients, though the proposal faces an uncertain future in the House as lawmakers scramble to meet their end-of-month deadline.

We've heard what Patrick Collins, Governor Quinn, Speaker Madigan, President Cullerton, Leader Cross, Leader Radogno, Rich Miller, and Mike "Waah waah waah" Jacobs have had to say about this year's reform movement.