Archbishop Cupich applauds reauthorization of children's health insurance program
Archbishop Cupich of Chicago today joined state lawmakers and health care advocates in a celebration of the reauthorization of a state program that allows parents of low- to middle-income families to purchase low-cost health insurance for their children. Archbishop...
CCI offers guidance to schools on new law concerning grant accountability, transparency
A new Illinois law will increase accountability and transparency in the use of public funds while also reducing any administrative burden on state agencies and grant recipients. The Grant Accountability and Transparency Act, or GATA for short, sets up a free...
CCI Radio Hour: July 18, 2016
July 18, 2016 show Members of St. Martin de Porres parish in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago regularly go out into the streets after Mass, holding signs of "Honk for Jesus," and "Prayer Changes Things." Pastor Tom Walsh tells Bob about the...
Stopgap budget reached within hours of new fiscal year; social services get paid at 65 percent
State lawmakers yesterday approved a stopgap budget for the new fiscal year, just hours before FY 2017 was set to begin. The six-month spending plan outlined in Senate Bill 2047 fully funds a year of K-12 education and keeps the lights on at state agencies...
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion law; U.S. bishops lament loss of 'common-sense law'
The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down a Texas abortion law in a 5-3 ruling, leading a U.S. bishops’ spokeswoman to mourn the loss of a “common-sense law protecting women from abortion facilities that put profits above patient safety.” The high...
Tied U.S. Supreme Court blocks presidential immigration action; U.S. bishops disappointed
A tied U.S. Supreme Court today blocked President Barack Obama’s 2014 attempt to bar deportation of about 4 million undocumented immigrants residing in the United States. The nine-word decision in United States v. Texas upholds the injunction placed on the...
CCI Radio Hour: June 20, 2016
June 20, 2016 show Sr. Cathy Ryan, executive director of Maryville Academy, joins Bob ito talk about Maryville’s new direction since she recently announced the longtime institution would end its residential program for wards of the state as of June 30 in the...
CCI Radio Hour: May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016 show Cynthia Canary, executive director of the Independent Map Coalition, talks to Bob about the organization's effort to put on the November ballot an amendment calling for an independent commission to draw the state's legislative districts....
U.S. Supreme Court sends Little Sisters of the Poor case back to lower court for compromise
The U.S. Supreme Court today unanimously sent the Little Sisters of the Poor's challenge to the federal mandate requiring insurance coverage of morally-objectionable services back to the federal appeals court, telling the nuns and the government to work out a...
CCI to lawmakers: State budget impasse destroying safety net for poor, vulnerable
Catholic Conference of Illinois Executive Director Robert Gilligan today warned lawmakers the social services safety net is being destroyed by the state budget impasse. Gilligan was joined by Stephanie Johnson, director of government relations for Catholic Charities...