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    May 31, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Editorial: Illinois Legislature keeps spending more money

    Lawmakers got closer to passing a $35.4 billion state budget on Thursday, one day before they're scheduled to head home.
    Lawmakers got closer to passing a $35.4 billion state budget on Thursday, one day before they're scheduled to head home. By the numbers: The 2013-14 operating budget will include about $2 billion more in spending than this year's budget and will still...

    Tags: Taxation, Interior Policy, Budgets and Budgeting, John J Cullerton, Nursing Homes

    2. May 29, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Democrats forge $35 billion state budget

    — The Democrats who run state government forged an estimated $35 billion spending plan Tuesday that would keep education funding flat, pay for promised state worker raises and cut programs for seniors.
    — The Democrats who run state government forged an estimated $35 billion spending plan Tuesday that would keep education funding flat, pay for promised state worker raises and cut programs for seniors. As the state budget headed toward approval...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Taxation, AFSCME, Toni Preckwinkle, Career and Workplace

    3. May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Illinois 70 mph highway speed limit bill sent to governor

    The Illinois House today sent Gov. Pat Quinn legislation that would raise the speed limit on non-urban interstate highways from 65 mph to 70 mph.
    Clout Street
    The Illinois House today sent Gov. Pat Quinn legislation that would raise the speed limit on non-urban interstate highways from 65 mph to 70 mph. Supporters said increasing the limit would put Illinois in line with neighboring states and help the...

    Tags: Transportation Accidents, Illinois Department of Transportation, Motorvehicle Accidents, Illinois Governor, Jack D Franks

    4. May 22, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Truckload of concerns after lawmakers OK higher speed limit

    Illinois drivers soon could roll along rural interstates at 70 mph after House lawmakers Wednesday approved a higher speed limit on nonurban highways despite safety concerns and a possible veto showdown with the governor.
    Illinois drivers soon could roll along rural interstates at 70 mph after House lawmakers Wednesday approved a higher speed limit on nonurban highways despite safety concerns and a possible veto showdown with the governor. Supporters said the higher...

    Tags: Illinois Department of Transportation, Hampshire, Government, Pat Quinn, Industrial Component

    5. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. CTA boss wavers on Ventra at hearing

    CTA President Forrest Claypool on Monday appeared to alternate between playing the roles of an impartial party as well as a pitchman for the new Ventra transit card's controversial prepaid debit-account program.
    Tribune reporter
    CTA President Forrest Claypool on Monday appeared to alternate between playing the roles of an impartial party as well as a pitchman for the new Ventra transit card's controversial prepaid debit-account program. Claypool told state officials at a public...

    Tags: Ventra Transit Card, Deborah Mell, Forrest Claypool, Metra, Rahm Emanuel

    6. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Move to lower mandatory school age faces 'uphill climb'

    To address a devastating pattern of elementary-grade absenteeism in Chicago Public Schools and across the state, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn have thrown their support behind legislation to lower Illinois' compulsory attendance age from 7 to 6 or even 5.
    To address a devastating pattern of elementary-grade absenteeism in Chicago Public Schools and across the state, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn have thrown their support behind legislation to lower Illinois' compulsory attendance age from 7 to 6 or...

    Tags: Kimberly Lightford, University of Chicago, Chicago Tribune, David Jackson, Research

    7. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Illinois House approves doctor licensing fee hike

    Doctors will be asked to pay more in fees under a bill House lawmakers sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday, with the money earmarked to speed up the licensing process and strengthen efforts to discipline bad physicians.
    Clout Street
    Doctors will be asked to pay more in fees under a bill House lawmakers sent to Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday, with the money earmarked to speed up the licensing process and strengthen efforts to discipline bad physicians. The governor has vowed to sign the...

    Tags: Pension and Welfare, Government, Pat Quinn, Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois Governor

    8. Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Quinn blames lawmakers for inaction on pension reform

    SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn chastised lawmakers for failing to pass cost-cutting changes to the government worker retirement system, then dangled the possibility that he'd drop his long-running opposition to a major gambling expansion to get a pension deal done.
    Clout Street
    SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn chastised lawmakers for failing to pass cost-cutting changes to the government worker retirement system, then dangled the possibility that he'd drop his long-running opposition to a major gambling expansion to get a...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Career and Workplace, Values, Government, Ethics

    9. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Quinn minimum wage hike could be tough sell

    It won’t be easy for Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn to find enough lawmakers to vote for the minimum wage increase, what with business groups pronouncing it a “job killer.”
    Clout Street
    It won’t be easy for Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn to find enough lawmakers to vote for the minimum wage increase, what with business groups pronouncing it a “job killer.” But the best news for Quinn is that key Democratic lawmakers...

    Tags: Louis I Lang, Parties and Movements, Kimberly Lightford, Bill Brady, U.S. Senate

    10. Jan 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Quinn loses Hail Mary on pension reform

    SPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois House adjourned this afternoon without even voting on Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's desperation pension reform plan.
    Clout Street
    SPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois House adjourned this afternoon without even voting on Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's desperation pension reform plan. Quinn threw his support behind a bill that would set up a commission to decide how to fix Illinois'...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Pension and Welfare, Government, U.S. Congress, Pat Quinn

    11. Jan 9, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. New General Assembly sworn in as full plate looms

    SPRINGFIELD --- A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in today, and after the ceremony and celebrations are over, lawmakers will face a full plate of unresolved issues in the month ahead.
    Clout Street
    SPRINGFIELD --- A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in today, and after the ceremony and celebrations are over, lawmakers will face a full plate of unresolved issues in the month ahead. Democrats now have veto-proof majorities in both the House and...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Abraham Lincoln, Rod Blagojevich, Government, Elections

    12. Dec 11, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. CPS head targets K-8 'dropout pipeline'

    Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett vowed Monday to move forcefully to address the city's crisis in K-8 truancy and absenteeism, declaring: "We must work to shut down the dropout pipeline." She said that "while the district has not fully...

    Tags: Union League Club, Chicago Tribune, Government, Chicago Public Schools, Linda Chapa LaVia

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