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2008 Quick Links
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July 2008
July 19, 2008
News-Democrat, Belleville, IL
Can't count on tax dollars
July 19, 2008
Effingham Daily News, Effingham, IL
Treasurer gets hands dirty with Habitat
July 18, 2008
Commercial-News, Danville, IL
Put mortgage plan in place
July 18, 2008
Daily Illini, Champaign, IL
State Democrats show off basketball skills at local tournament
July 18, 2008
News-Democrat, Belleville, IL
Cahokia Mounds to get $550,000 in state cash
July 18, 2008
Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
Cahokia Mounds will get audio-guided tours
July 17, 2008
Herald & Review, Decatur, IL
State offers loans to help businesses save energy
July 16, 2008
Register-Mail, Galesburg, IL
Program to help state ‘go green’
July 15, 2008
Journal-Star, Peoria, IL
Loan program assists efforts to go green
July 14, 2008
Quad City Times, Davenport, IA
New office to help disaster victims
July 5, 2008
News-Democrat, Belleville, IL
A bad loan off the books
July 4, 2008
Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
State sells Collinsville hotel for fraction of debt owed
July 4, 2008
News-Democrat, Chicago, IL
St. Louis company has winning $5.2 million bid for Holiday Inn in Collinsville
July 3, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Ill. sells Collinsville hotel for $5.3 million
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June 2008
June 1, 2008
Tribune Media Services, Chicago, IL
When saving for college, it's never too early to start Top
May 2008
May 27, 2008
Mt. Vernon Register-News, Mt. Vernon, IL
Families may compete for college money
May 29, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
State to spend $275K to update hotel
May 21, 2008
News-Gazette, Champaign, IL
Bogus spending made profit a loss
May 20, 2008
News-Democrat, Belleville, IL
Is prosecution in the future?
May 20, 2008
Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
Illinois treasurer denounces 'cozy' hotel
May 20, 2008
Associated Press
Report criticizes GOP power broker over hotel deal
May 19, 2008
ABC 7, Chicago, IL
Hotel audit leads to criminal investigation
May 19, 2008
CBS 2, Chicago, IL
GOP power broker criticized over hotel deal
May 19, 2008
WAND TV, Decatur, IL
Giannoulias report blames Cellini and partners on Springfield hotel
May 19, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Treasurer questions GOP insider
May 19, 2008
Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
The piggy bank
May 19, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
Report: Hotel owners cheated state
May 7, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
Worker pleads not guilty in fraud case
May 3, 2008
News-Democrat, Belleville, IL
This delay is worth the wait
May 3, 2008
News-Democrat, Belleville, IL
Auction delayed for Collinsville Holiday Inn Top
April 2008
April 29, 2008
Journal-Star, Peoria, IL
Treasurer secures college funds
April 28, 2008
Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
State gets $3.5 million to dole out for college scholarships
April 18, 2008
Southtown-Star, Tinley Park, IL
College plan gets high marks
April 17, 2008
Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Bright Start ads shine light on college plans
April 16, 2008
Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
The best and worst college-savings plans
April 16, 2008
Morningstar Inc.
The best and worst 529 college-savings plans
April 2, 2008
Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
State money allegedly spent on boat, cruise
April 2, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
State says former employee embezzled $750,000
April 1, 2008
Associated Press
Former state treasurer employee charged with taking $750,000
April 1, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Former employee in state treasurer's office charged with stealing state funds
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March 2008
March 27, 2008
News-Democrat, Belleville, IL
Cleaning up bad hotel loan
March 27, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
Collinsville Holiday Inn up for sale
March 24, 2008
Suburban Journal, Collinsvillle, IL
Collinsville Holiday Inn to hit auction block in May
March 24, 2008
The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL
Low-interest loans made available to flood victims
March 20, 2008
WLS, Chicago, IL
Conference examines subprime loan crisis effects on African Americans
March 18, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
State Treasurer calls "finder fee" a ripoff
March 18, 2008
Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL
Treasurer's proposal would cut finder fees
March 17, 2008
WLS, Chicago, IL
Illinoisans urged to be calm during economic hard times
March 17, 2008
NBC Channel 5 , Chicago, IL
Finder Firms Crackdown Takes Center Stage
March 13, 2008
NBC Channel 5, Chicago, IL
Finders Keepers: Companies Demand Big Fees For Lost Property
March 13, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
Teens would get same pay as adults under bill
March 11, 2008
News-Gazette, Champaign, IL
Hotels now in public's hands
March 5, 2008
Journal Gazette, Mattoon, IL
State of Illinois buys hotel in plan to recover debt
March 5, 2008
Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL
State takes over control of controversial hotel
March 5, 2008
Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Rethinking Cole Hall teardown
March 5, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
Treasurer optimistic about hotel's future
March 5, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
Good owner, money needed for Springfield hotel
March 3 , 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
President Abraham Lincoln Hotel sale set
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February 2008
February 28, 2008
Herald & Review, Decatur, IL
'Pay to play' must end now
February 27, 2008
Daily American, West Frankfort, IL
State official going to the Dawgs
February 26, 2008
Register Star, Rockford, IL
Pleasant surprise: Making the Cash Dash list
February 19, 2008
Register Star, Rockford, IL
State's fiscal mess needs concrete solutions
February 19, 2008
Daily Herald, Morris, IL
Illinois seeking 55,000 owners of forgotten cash, assets
February 15, 2008
Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
Illinois has one of the least costly college savings plans
February 12, 2008
Gatehouse News Service
Bad news for state finances
February 10, 2008
Journal Star, Peoria, IL
Treasurer reuniting lost loves
February 8, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
Double trouble for state budget
February 8, 2008
Register Star, Rockford, IL
State's spending habits will hurt it as income drops
February 8, 2008
News Democrat, Belleville, IL
Ill. Treasurer to lawmakers: Money from investments will decline
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January 2008
January 28, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Helping fallen heroes' kids
January 28, 2008
Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur, IL
Children of the fallen: Scholarship fund aids those who lost parents in Iraq, Afghanistan
January 26, 2008
Mt. Vernon Register-News, Mt. Vernon, IL
College scholarship fund set up for children of fallen soldiers
January 23, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Illinois treasurer says some banks agree to waive fees for Holocaust reparations
January 23, 2008
Daily Herald, Chicago, IL
Taxing bodies also nervous about the market
January 23, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
Investing for Illinois Treasurer's office feeling the pressure
January 23, 2008
Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Treasurer: Wave $10 fee for Holocaust survivors
January 22, 2008
Medill Reports, Chicago, IL
80 Illinois banks agree to waive fee for Holocaust survivors
January 22, 2008
The Ottawa Times, Ottawa, IL
State loans available for Livingston disaster victims
January 22, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
Hotel could use a fresh start
January 17, 2008
The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, IL
Editorial: Good return on investment
January 17, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
"The Pope" loses free ride, but Illinois residents pay
January 16, 2008
The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL
Springfield's Lincoln Hotel in foreclosure; state hopes to sell it off
January 16, 2008
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Sweetheart Springfield hotel deal over?
January 16, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
State set to close books on debt-plagued hotel
January 16, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
Lincoln Hotel owners give up on fighting foreclosure
January 15, 2008
Quad City Times, Davenport, IA
Rock Island first city to redeem green rebate
January 7, 2008
Bloomberg News
Illinois Plans to Lend Securities, Hopes to Gain $1 Million
January 7, 2008
Crain's Chicago Business, Chicago, IL
Illinois to lend securities in state's portfolio
January 3, 2008
State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
Credit card helps parents add to college savings
January 2, 2008
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Savings plan announced
January 2, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Bright Start college savings plan gets boost with credit card rebates
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