| Date |
Heading |
| 01/06/10 |
COMPTROLLER'S QUARTERLY REPORT:
STATE FINANCES CONTINUE DOWNWARD SLIDE |
| 10/06/09 |
COMPTROLLER'S QUARTERLY REPORT
STATE FINANCES GRIM, AND GETTING WORSE |
| 09/25/09 |
Comptroller's Office Will Make Payments for Lottery and Tourism Advertising Contracts |
| 09/15/09 |
HYNES ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING THE CEMETERY TASK FORCE REPORT |
| 07/27/09 |
HYNES TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL PANEL ON NEED FOR CEMETERY OVERSIGHT |
| 07/15/09 |
HYNES PROPOSES CEMETERY REFORMS |
| 07/13/09 |
HYNES EXPANDS REVOCATION EFFORT AGAINST BURR OAK OWNER |
| 07/10/09 |
HYNES BEGINS REVOCATION OF BURR OAK CEMETERY TRUST FUND LICENSES |
| 05/29/09 |
LEGISLATURE APPROVES HYNES' PROTECTIONS FOR CONSUMER INVESTMENTS |
| 05/12/09 |
HYNES: IFDA MUST RETURN $10 MILLION IN EXCESS FEES TO CONSUMER TRUST FUND |
| 04/30/09 |
HYNES PROPOSES STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR CONSUMER INVESTMENTS |
| 03/10/09 |
HYNES URGES END TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF LATE PAYMENTS |
| 03/09/09 |
HYNES PRAISES PRESIDENT’S STEM CELL POLICY REVERSAL |
| 02/26/09 |
Hynes: Cash Needed to Access Federal Stimulus and Hospital Funds |
| 02/10/09 |
Hynes meets with local providers to discuss payment delays |
| 02/04/09 |
Hynes Issues Sobering Assessment of Illinois Finances |
| 01/28/09 |
HYNES ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING GOVERNOR'S REMOVAL |
| 01/09/09 |
HYNES ISSUES STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR'S IMPEACHMENT |
| 12/09/08 |
HYNES CALLS ON GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH TO RESIGN |
| 11/13/08 |
HYNES: STATE FACES UNPRECEDENTED BILL BACKLOG
URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION |
| 10/20/08 |
HYNES URGES FEDERAL ACTION TO RELIEVE MEDICAID COST CRUNCH |
| 10/14/08 |
HYNES TARGETS BROKEN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM |
| 09/23/08 |
ADVISORY COUNCIL CREATED TO ADDRESS MINORITY CONCERNS |
| 09/22/08 |
HYNES HAILS PASSAGE OF LANDMARK ETHICS REFORMS |
| 09/15/08 |
ILLINOIS LEADERS URGE SENATE TO OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S ETHICS LAW VETO |
| 08/11/08 |
HYNES: NO RAISES |
| 07/31/08 |
HYNES URGES GOVERNOR TO SIGN ETHICS BILL, CRITICIZES HIM FOR TAKING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM STATE CONTRACTORS |
| 05/31/08 |
HYNES CONGRATULATES LEGISLATURE ON PASSAGE OF ETHICS REFORM |
| 05/13/08 |
HYNES: MEDICAID AUDIT SHOWS ADMINISTRATION’S HYPOCRISY |
| 05/05/08 |
HYNES: GOVERNOR SHOULD KEEP HIS PROMISE TO HIGHER EDUCATION |
| 04/29/08 |
HYNES: GOVERNOR SHOULD RESTORE 4-H FUNDING |
| 04/23/08 |
Hynes Says Illinois Suffers from a "Leadership Deficit" |
| 04/11/08 |
HYNES TAKES ACTION AGAINST SELLER OF INSURANCE-FUNDED PRENEED FUNERAL BENEFIT CONTRACTS |
| 02/13/08 |
Hynes issues "sobering" report on state finances |
| 11/07/07 |
HYNES HONORED BY ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN FOR POLITICAL REFORM |
| 10/23/07 |
HYNES UNVEILS WEBSITE THAT TRACKS LINK BETWEEN STATE CONTRACTS AND POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS |
| 10/18/07 |
HYNES CALLS ON STATE OFFICIALS TO PUT THE PEOPLE FIRST |
| 09/06/07 |
HYNES: 2007 A YEAR OF REPEATED MISFIRES, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES |
| 08/23/07 |
HYNES: SCHOOL AID, WORKER'S COMPENSATION PAYMENTS TO GO OUT IMMEDIATELY |
| 08/20/07 |
HYNES: 2ND SCHOOL AID PAYMENT MISSED DUE TO LACK OF A BUDGET |
| 08/10/07 |
HYNES, MADIGAN, AFSCME REACH AGREEMENT TO PAY STATE EMPLOYEES |
| 08/07/07 |
HYNES: PEOPLE’S NEEDS ARE NOT ARBITRARY
Says Blagojevich is Playing Politics With People's Lives |
| 07/30/07 |
HYNES CALLS FOR COMMITMENT TO BUDGET RESOLUTION |
| 06/02/07 |
HYNES CRITICIZES PRESIDENT'S VETO |
| 05/08/07 |
HYNES OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT ILLINOIS' REVENUES |
| 05/03/07 |
HYNES SAYS ALL STATE VENDOR PAYMENTS
WILL BE IMPACTED
IF HOSPITAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM PLAN
IS NOT APPROVED BY MAY 11TH |
| 05/02/07 |
HYNES APPLAUDS SENATE APPROVAL OF JUDICIAL PUBLIC FINANCING INITIATIVE |
| 04/25/07 |
HYNES SAYS HOUSE PASSAGE OF ETHICS REFORM BILL SIGNALS
"BEGINNING OF THE END" FOR PAY-TO-PLAY POLITICS |
| 04/17/07 |
HYNES RECEIVES ETHICS AWARD |
| 03/21/07 |
HYNES SAYS HEALTH CARE BUDGET LOOPHOLE MUST BE CLOSED |
| 03/01/07 |
HYNES: Illinois General Fund Deficit Lower In FY 2006
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| 02/28/07 |
HYNES APPLAUDS ADVANCEMENT OF JUDICIAL PUBLIC FINANCING INITIATIVE |
| 02/22/07 |
HYNES APPLAUDS HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF CRITICAL "PAY TO PLAY" ETHICS REFORM PROPOSAL |
| 02/21/07 |
HYNES CALLS STEM CELL BILL A "LIFE SAVING" OPPORTUNITY |
| 02/08/07 |
HYNES TAKES ACTION AGAINST MOLINE CEMETERY |
| 01/08/07 |
Hynes urges ethics and budget reforms, increased stem cell funding |
| 09/18/06 |
COMPTROLLER HYNES OFFERS SOBERING LOOK AT STATE FINANCES |
| 08/01/06 |
Hynes writes President Bush, Speaker Hastert in Support of Tuscola, Mattoon power plant sites |
| 07/07/06 |
Hynes issues Quarterly Report showing strong revenue growth in FY06 |
| 06/30/06 |
Comptroller Releases Final FY 2005 Financial Statements |
| 05/30/06 |
HYNES REVOKES WILLIAMS' LICENSE
ASKING FOR PUBLIC'S HELP WITH INFORMATION |
| 05/24/06 |
HYNES REVOKES WERNER-MICK LICENSE TO SELL PRE-NEED FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS |
| 04/26/06 |
HYNES ISSUES CITIZEN CALL TO ACTION
URGES PASSAGE OF GOVERNMENT INTEGRITY INITIATIVE |
| 03/22/06 |
100 Illinois Newspapers Endorse Stem Cell Funding Bill |
| 02/24/06 |
HYNES CRACKS DOWN ON UNLICENSED CREMATORY |
| 02/01/06 |
Hynes: Restoring integrity and confidence in government should be Legislature's top priority |
| 11/30/05 |
HYNES TOURS PEORIA RESEARCH FACILITY |
| 11/22/05 |
HYNES SAYS $1 BILLION TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ON THE WAY |
| 10/17/05 |
Hynes renews push for campaign finance reform |
| 10/03/05 |
Hynes Wants Pork Fund Money To Pay Health Care Bills |
| 09/21/05 |
Hynes Proposes FY06 Cash Management Plan |
| 08/26/05 |
Hynes Boosts Prevailing Wage Monitoring |
| 07/21/05 |
Hynes critical of ISAC cuts in merit scholarship programs |
| 07/12/05 |
Gov. Blagojevich, Comptroller Hynes announce $10 million stem cell research program to fund medical cures |
| 03/17/05 |
Hynes Stem Cell Bill Wins Senate Committee Approval |
| 03/02/05 |
Stem Cell Research Advocates Flood State Capitol |
| 02/25/05 |
Hynes reform bill attacks "pay to play" politics |
| 11/23/04 |
Hynes Proposes Creation of Stem Cell Research Institute |
| 11/12/04 |
Hynes Helps Taxpayers Locate $35 Million in Uncashed Checks |
| 05/03/04 |
Hynes Blocks Accenture Payments |
| 04/19/04 |
State Debt Jumps Dramatically in 2003, Hynes Urges Caution |
| 04/05/04 |
Hynes Recognizes Carterville Group as Part of Women's History Month |
| 04/02/04 |
Hynes Bill Blocking Overtime Cuts Signed by Governor |
| 03/19/04 |
Edgar County Judge Orders Restitution to Defrauded Funeral Home Customers |
| 02/25/04 |
Hynes' Corporate Tax Bill Sails Through the House |
| 02/19/04 |
Hynes leads fight against corporate foreign tax havens |
| 02/19/04 |
Hynes Bill Protects Overtime Payments |
| 02/06/04 |
Hynes Announces Appointments for Inspector General and Ethics Commission |
| 02/05/04 |
Hynes' Budget Reforms Signed By Governor |
| 01/05/04 |
Lower state revenues underscore lack of economic recovery |
| 11/03/03 |
Hynes plan cracks down on offshore tax avoidance schemes |
| 10/02/03 |
Hynes Actions Reduce State Payment Delays to 11 Days |
| 10/01/03 |
State Economic Reviews Show No Improvement |
| 08/26/03 |
Governor Signs Corporate Responsibility Bill |
| 08/20/03 |
Hynes: Medicaid Relief Plan Successfully Reduces Bill Backlog by More Than $1.1 Billion |
| 08/11/03 |
Hynes' Enforcement of Prevailing Wage Act leads to labor accord |
| 07/25/03 |
HYNES DISPUTES SUPREME COURT ORDER ON JUDICIAL PAY RAISES |
| 06/28/03 |
Comptroller Hynes joins township officials to clean up abandoned cemetery |
| 06/28/03 |
Long term solution possible for maintenance of historic cemetery |
| 06/21/03 |
Boy Scouts among those who join Hynes to clean up Cordova cemetery |
| 06/21/03 |
Hynes joins volunteers to reclaim cemetery abandoned over a century |
| 06/19/03 |
Hynes leads team in fight against West Nile Virus |
| 06/03/03 |
Hynes urges Governor to sign corporate responsibility bill |
| 05/22/03 |
Hynes' office accelerates payments to Medicaid providers |
| 05/16/03 |
Hynes’ Long-Sought Budget Reforms Await Governor’s Signature |
| 05/07/03 |
HYNES RELEASES FY2002 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Illinois’ net deficit ranks worst in the nation |
| 03/24/03 |
HYNES LAUNCHES ESSAY CONTEST FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH |
| 03/21/03 |
Hynes proposes borrowing plan to aid nursing homes, hospitals and pharmacies |
| 03/12/03 |
Hynes' corporate responsibility bill moves forward |
| 03/12/03 |
Senate committee approves Hynes' legislative initiatives to reform Illinois' budget process |
| 03/10/03 |
Hynes Launches Essay Contest for Women's History Month |
| 02/27/03 |
HYNES CRACKS DOWN ON FUNERAL HOME FRAUD |
| 02/11/03 |
Hynes unveils web site geared to encourage citizen involvement in Lincoln Bicentennial |
| 01/23/03 |
Hynes Stops Payment to Enforce Prevailing Wage Act |
| 12/12/02 |
Hynes supports Quad City labor lawsuit seeking prevailing
wages be paid on a shared bridge project with Iowa |
| 09/04/02 |
Hynes Urges Universities to Adopt a Model Credit Card Education Policy |
| 08/30/02 |
Hynes Orders Strict Compliance with State Prevailing Wage Act |
| 08/16/02 |
Hynes Launches Cemetery and Funeral Consumer Education Program |
| 07/24/02 |
Hynes: The Checks are in The Mail |
| 07/17/02 |
Comptroller Hynes secures restitution for swindled consumers |
| 07/10/02 |
Joint agreement reached to speed up state tax refunds |
| 07/01/02 |
State's Main Checking Account Drops to Nine Cents |
| 06/20/02 |
Hynes proposes plan to ease cash flow, calls for fiscal reforms |
| 06/19/02 |
Hynes urges Governor to veto tobacco securitization bill |
| 06/18/02 |
Flagpole Dedicated to Memory of September 11, 2001 Victims |
| 06/17/02 |
Hynes Launches Cemetery and Funeral Consumer Education Program |
| 05/09/02 |
Comptroller Hynes Helps Clean Up Historic Cemetery |
| 05/09/02 |
Warren County Cemetery Sold to Local Group |
| 05/09/02 |
Hynes Proposes Deferring Rainy Day Fund to Aid Cash Flow Problems |
| 05/08/02 |
Hynes Announces Sale of Mt. Hope And Valley View Cemeteries |
| 05/02/02 |
Galva Woman Honored By Comptroller Hynes for Her Cemetery Clean Up Efforts |
| 04/18/02 |
Comptroller Hynes Uncovers Freeport Funeral Home Fraud |
| 04/05/02 |
Hynes’ proposal tightening crematory regulations gains approval in House |
| 04/03/02 |
Hynes' fiscal reforms well received in House
Comptroller calls on Senate to follow suit |
| 04/01/02 |
Hynes Action Spurs $1.4 Million in Tax Reductions |
| 03/08/02 |
Hynes: State Backlog of Bills Tops $1 Billion |
| 03/05/02 |
Hynes Proposes Tightening of Crematory Regulations |
| 02/20/02 |
Hynes Budget Reforms Pass House Committee |
| 02/13/02 |
Hynes Calls for State Spending Controls, More Accurate Budgeting |
| 02/13/02 |
Hynes, Topinka Move to Bail Out Farmers Hit By Grain Elevator Failure |
| 02/08/02 |
Hynes Convenes Meeting of Lincoln Scholars to plan
Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration |
| 01/08/02 |
Hynes: State General Funds Deficit
Increases for Third Straight Year |
| 01/02/02 |
Hynes: Budget Problems Persist |
| 12/14/01 |
Comptroller Hynes Praises Congress for Doubling Veterans Burial Benefit |
| 11/15/01 |
INDICTMENT RETURNED AGAINST WEBER FUNERAL HOME OPERATOR |
| 11/14/01 |
HYNES TAPS RAINY DAY FUND: SAYS STATE FISCAL WOES MAY WORSEN |
| 10/01/01 |
HYNES: FIRST QUARTER REVENUE PERFORMANCE PUTS FY2002
BUDGET PLAN IN JEOPARDY |
| 09/25/01 |
COMPTROLLER HYNES CELEBRATES LATINO HERITAGE MONTH |
| 09/11/01 |
BOURBONNAIS REBATES TAXES WITH HELP FROM HYNES’ OFFICE |
| 08/21/01 |
HYNES ATTENDS U OF I QUAD DAY, ANNOUNCES PLANS TO TOUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES STATEWIDE, ADDRESSES CREDIT CARD DEBT ISSUES |
| 08/17/01 |
HYNES APPLAUDS GOVERNOR FOR SIGNING SWEEPING REFORMS AIMED TO PROTECT CONSUMERS OF THE CEMETERY AND FUNERAL INDUSTRIES |
| 08/17/01 |
SMITH INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS WITH CRIMINAL CHARGES |
| 08/16/01 |
HYNES’ BILLS APPROVED BARRING TAX SCOFFLAWS FROM STATE CONTRACTS
AND FORCING PROMPT PAYMENT TO STATE VENDORS |
| 08/02/01 |
Court Approves Preliminary Injunction Against
Chillcothe Funeral Home Operator |
| 07/31/01 |
Valley View Cemetery's Former Operator Stalls Hynes'
Efforts to Reimburse Defrauded Consumers |
| 07/23/01 |
Court Approves Comptroller Hynes' Request To Stop Unscrupulous Funeral Operator |
| 07/11/01 |
Hynes: Tentative Accord Reached on Valley View Cemetery |
| 06/29/01 |
Hynes Announces Transfer of $225 Million Into Rainy Day Fund |
| 06/13/01 |
Hynes Seeks to Recover Consumer Funds |
| 06/04/01 |
Hynes Recaps Successful General Assembly Session |
| 05/23/01 |
Hynes Honors Cemetery Clean Up Volunteers |
| 05/23/01 |
Hynes' Funeral and Cemetery Care Package in Route to Governor |
| 05/22/01 |
General Assembly Approves Hynes' Prompt Payment Legislation |
| 05/22/01 |
Hynes Urges No State Contracts For Deadbeats |
| 05/14/01 |
Hynes Promotes Direct Deposit Week in Illinois
May 14th-18th Designated Nationally to Boost use of Electronic Fund Transfers |
| 05/14/01 |
Adult Education Instructor, Staff and Students Honored |
| 05/12/01 |
Comptroller Hynes Travels State - Cleans Up Neglected Cemeteries |
| 05/05/01 |
Bethany High School Senior Recognized by Hynes' Office |
| 05/03/01 |
Attention Editors:
Hynes Hosts 2nd Annual Cemetery Clean Up Month |
| 03/29/01 |
Hynes Fiscal Plan Gets Resounding Nod In House |
| 03/21/01 |
Hynes Celebrates Women’s History Month by Naming
Comptroller’s Training and Technology Institute in Honor of Dawn Clark Netsch |
| 03/19/01 |
Comptroller Dan Hynes Announces Full Restitution for Thomas Mortuaries |
| 03/06/01 |
Hynes Fiscal Package Unanimously Passes House Committee |
| 02/15/01 |
Time to Shore Up State's Fiscal Foundation -
Comptroller Hynes Advocates New Initiatives |
| 02/07/01 |
Hynes Sees Red in Final FY 2000 Financial Statements |
| 07/17/00 |
Comptroller Hynes secures restitution for swindled consumers |
| 06/14/00 |
State Comptroller Dan Hynes Says Recent Upgrade in Bond Rating Shows Importance of Rainy Day Fund |
| 05/17/00 |
State Comptroller Hynes Revokes Pre-Need License of Granite City Mortuary Owner for Diverting Almost $1 Million in Consumer Trust Funds |
| 05/08/00 |
Hynes Questions Tobacco Money Allocations |
| 04/10/00 |
Hynes Urges Caution in State Spending |
| 03/27/00 |
Valley View Consumers Receive Restitution Checks
Consumer Protection Fund Compensates Victims |
| 02/24/00 |
Illinois House Flashes Green Light to Comptroller Hynes’ Cemetery & Funeral Home Reform Legislation |
| 02/10/00 |
Governor Ryan & Comptroller Hynes Propose Lincoln Bicentennial Commission |
| 02/08/00 |
State Comptroller Hynes Introduces Cemetery Reform Legislation |
| 02/06/00 |
Funeral and Cemetery Care Reform Legislation - House Bill 3988 |
| 02/02/00 |
Comptroller Hynes Urges Caution as Spending Trend Continues
- Rainy Day Fund Protects Against Future Financial Pressures |
| 01/25/00 |
Comptroller Hynes to Open Special Olympics Winter Games |
| 01/21/00 |
State Comptroller Hynes Unveils Fiscal Priorities for Legislative Session |
| 01/11/00 |
Initiatives for Filing Tax Returns Electronically |
| 11/10/99 |
State Comptroller Hynes Seeks Federal Assistance for Veteran’s Burials |
| 11/01/99 |
Comptroller Hynes to Promote "Rainy Day Fund" During QC Visit Will make stops at Rock Island Rotary, High School & Riverside Cemetery |
| 10/21/99 |
State Comptroller Hynes Calls on Springdale Consumers to Help Put Financial Pieces of the Puzzle Together |
| 10/05/99 |
Hynes’ effort to hear consumer views about cemetery
& funeral home industries comes to Western Illinois |
| 07/20/99 |
State Comptroller Daniel W. Hynes Proposes $7 Billion Tax Rebate Plan
Wants Individual Taxpayers to Get Major Share of Tobacco Settlement Monies |
| 07/08/99 |
Hearing Officer in Leach License Revocation Proceedings Denies Motion to Dismiss Charges |
| 07/02/99 |
State Comptroller Hynes Says First Y2K Hurdle Flawless - Hynes Recognizes Staff Preparation and Technology Investment |
| 07/01/99 |
End-of-Year General Revenue Fund Balance Hits Record $1.35 Billion
Comptroller Hynes renews call for "Rainy Day Fund" |
| 06/11/99 |
State Comptroller Daniel W. Hynes Announces Statewide Hearings on
Fraud and Abuse in the Cemetery Care and Funeral Home Industries |
| 06/08/99 |
Hubbs, Waganer and Wofford Share Employee of the Month" Award in Office of State Comptroller |
| 05/27/99 |
State Comptroller Daniel W. Hynes Memorial Day Cemetery Visitors |
| 05/13/99 |
State Comptroller Dan Hynes Says Leach License Revocation Proceedings Will Move Forward |
| 05/12/99 |
State Comptroller Daniel W. Hynes Names Laura Zaremba Director of Local Government Affairs |
| 05/03/99 |
State Comptroller Dan Hynes Announces Next Step Towards Leach License Revocation |
| 04/30/99 |
Taxpayer Report Passes Both Chambers; Aim is more sunshine on how state spends dollars |
| 03/30/99 |
State Comptroller Hynes Make Case for State Rainy Day Fund in Galesburg |
| 03/26/99 |
Comproller Hynes Applauds House Passage of Debt-Check and Child Support Measure |
| 03/24/99 |
Comptroller Hynes names Rena Van Tine as Special Counsel |
| 03/15/99 |
Comptroller Hynes Applauds House Passage of 'Rainy Day Fund'; will push for bi-partisan support in Senate |
| 02/17/99 |
Comptroller Dan Hynes Applauds Governor Ryan's Support of Creating Rainy Day Fund |
| 01/28/98 |
Comptroller Hynes Introduces Rainy Day Fund Legislation |
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Hynes Convenes Meeting of Lincoln Scholars to plan
Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration |
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