Quinn Fights Budget Override

WKMS | By The Associated Press,

Whitney Jones

Published November 29, 2012 at 7:35 AM CST

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wants the House of Representatives to spend money on children, not outdated prisons. Quinn continues to try to divert money from prisons to child-protection services after the Senate rejected the attempt made there. The state Senate voted 35 to 16 to reject Quinn’s $57 million cuts. The lawmakers want to use that money to restore and keep running the Tamms high-security prison, the Dwight women’s lockup and juvenile detention centers. Quinn says the sites are underutilized and money is better spent in the Department of Children and Family Services. Even if the House overrides Quinn, it doesn’t force him to keep the prison doors open. He just couldn’t spend the money elsewhere.

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Whitney Jones

Whitney grew up listening to Car Talk to and from her family’s beach vacation each year, but it wasn’t until a friend introduced her to This American Life that radio really grabbed her attention. She is a recent graduate from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., where she studied journalism. When she’s not at WKMS, you can find her working on her backyard compost pile and garden, getting lost on her bicycle or crocheting one massive blanket.

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