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Ernest Wish
The retired Chicago accounting executive will become interim state superintendent of schools on January 1. In the meantime, he will work with current Superintendent Glenn "Max" McGee, who asked that his contract not be renewed when it expires at the end of the year.

Illinois Issues, November 21, 2001

Jim Ryan
The attorney general and Republican gubernatorial candidate had a cancerous nodule removed from behind his left ear, which he reports is a less-aggressive form of cancer than the non-Hodgkin's, large-cell lymphoma he was diagnosed with 1996

Illinois Issues, November 15, 2001

Tobias Barry
The former appellate judge and Democratic House member has been appointed to the Illinois Gaming Board by Gov. George Ryan. Barry of Ladd replaces Stuart Levine who resigned in September.

Illinois Issues, November 9, 2001

Tom Ryder
The Jerseyville Republican is resigning his seat in the legislature after 18 years to become vice president for external affairs at the Illinois Community College Board. Ryder was the deputy minority leader and House GOP budget negotiator.

Illinois Issues, November 9, 2001

Katherine Selcke
The former deputy to Gov. George Ryan is a new appointee to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority board, replacing longtime board member Lance Wyatt. Ryan also reappointed Carl Kramp of Downers Grove to a second term and appointed Barrington Hills businesswoman Julie Martines McKevitt and Naperville Mayor George Pradel to replace Paula Fasseas and Gordon Volkman.

Illinois Issues, November 1, 2001

Philip Parenti
The Chicago attorney has been named administrator of the Illinois Gaming Board. The former assistant U.S. attorney and former division chief in the state attorney general’s office replaces interim administrator Thomas Swoik. The former administrator, Sergio Acosta, resigned.

Illinois Issues, November 1, 2001

Richard Sandsmark
The Belvidere engineer has been appointed to the Illinois State Board of Education by Gov. George Ryan, who also renamed Ronald Gidwitz of Chicago chairman of the board.

Illinois Issues, November 1, 2001

 

News November 2001

New state GOP chair
The Illinois Republican Party elected House Minority Leader Lee Daniels of Elmhurst as its chair. Daniels, who has served in the House for 27 years, the last 18 as his partys leader in that chamber, vowed to reach out to all voters and expand the GOP base. Daniels replaces Rich Williamson, who was named to a United Nations ambassadorship.

Illinois Issues, November 15, 2001

Rainy day fund tapped
Illinois Comptroller Daniel Hynes announced hell drain the $266 million Rainy Day Fund to settle some of the states unpaid bills. The fund wont bridge the states budgetary shortfall, which is running a $500 million deficit.

Illinois Issues, November 15, 2001

GOP Reps sue over map
Eight central Illinois House members have filed separate suits with the Illinois Supreme Court, charging that portions of the new Democrat-designed state legislative map fail to meet the state Constitutions requirement for compact districts. The suits, by representatives serving districts in Sangamon, Menard and Logan counties, bring to 12 the number of state-level suits Republican lawmakers have brought asking that sections of the map be redrawn.

Illinois Issues, November 9, 2001

GOP senators sue over map
Four state senators filed separate suits with the Illinois Supreme Court, charging that some districts in the new Democrat-designed legislative map don't meet the state Constitution's requirement that districts be compact. The four, John Maitland of Bloomington, Duane Noland of Blue Mound, Frank Watson of Greenville and Kathleen Parker of Northbrook, asked the court to revise each of their districts.

Illinois Issues, November 1, 2001