Dale A Righter

Editorial: The obstructionists, Part 4

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley, who's exploring a run for governor, took a stab at Illinois' pension stalemate Monday. He had some good ideas for how Gov. Pat Quinn could force the issue — starting with a promise to veto any faux...

Illinois could allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries

2013-05-15 13:16:00

Gov. Pat Quinn and other prospective governor candidates next year might be targeting a new voting group during the Democratic and Republican primary elections: 17-year-olds. The Senate on Wednesday sent to the governor a measure to allow 17-year-olds...

Illinois Senate approves gay marriage

2013-02-14 15:19:00

SPRINGFIELD — The Democratic-led Senate delivered a Valentine’s Day victory to gay and lesbian couples today, passing legislation for the first time that would allow same-sex marriage in Illinois. The gay marriage measure now goes to the...

No driving with a lapdog law fails in state Senate

2012-05-10 12:41:00

SPRINGFIELD—The Illinois Senate barked down a bill that would have banned Fido and other pets from being in the lap of a driver while on the road, but the vote came only after Democrats managed to nip at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney...

Glimpses of Illinois Medicaid cuts emerge

2012-04-18 22:01:00

Glimpses of a plan to slash spending on the state’s health care program for the poor emerged Wednesday, with preliminary ideas ranging from eliminating a discount prescription program for seniors to stricter eligibility requirements that would leave...

Quinn to Obama: Illinois pressing ahead on Medicaid reforms

2012-02-10 00:00:00

SPRINGFIELD — As President Barack Obama presses forward with his signature health care law, his fellow Illinois Democrats running state government have waited more than a year to win federal approval for a new plan to fight fraud in the health...

State Senate GOP leader endorses 'Mittney' for president

2012-03-13 12:48:00

Illinois Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno was so enthused today in her endorsement of Mitt Romney for president that she flubbed his name. The lawmaker from Lemont was on a conference call to announce that she and a half-dozen state senators...

On the 'Scholarship' list in Springfield

2012-01-31 16:32:13

GOP remap angles to win Latino support

2011-05-26 14:17:00

First hearing on redrawing lawmakers' districts

2011-03-28 16:32:56

Filling in the blanks

2011-04-08 16:32:17

Republican map angles to win Latino support, bolster legal case

2011-05-26 16:32:48

Sen. Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) criticizes a Democrat created education appropriation bill on the Senate floor at the State Capitol, in Springfield.

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Illinois State Senator Dale A. Righter took part in an executive committee of the Illinois State Senate on the issue of campaign finance reform in the Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield, IL.

2009-05-28 00:00:00