Local Statement from Governor Pat Quinn On Job Creation Success in Illinois and Today’s Baxter Jobs Announcement by Gary Kopycinski on April 20, 2012 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today issued the following statement regarding March job creation and falling unemployment in Illinois.