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Mr. Madigan, Mr. Cullerton — CPS needs major pension reform pronto
"Let me be clear, there is no greater threat to the financial undoing of our district than our ballooning pension liability. Without real pension reform, our district and the 400,000 students that call it home will be pushed right off the edge of that...
Tags: City Club of Chicago, Pension and Welfare, Holidays, Crime, Law and Justice, Teachers
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Emanuel parking meter deal changes get nod
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's top City Council ally on Monday predicted approval of the mayor's plan to revise the city's much-reviled, long-term parking meter lease after it easily cleared its initial hurdle. The Finance Committee voted 15-6 to advance Emanuel'...
Tags: Navigant Consulting Incorporated, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Local Government, Patrick J. O'Connor
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New rules, stiffer fines for cyclists advances
Chicago aldermen on Monday advanced a Mayor Rahm Emanuel-backed plan that aims to give bicyclists more leeway on city roads, but also fine them and drivers more money for certain violations. The proposal, which passed the Pedestrian and Traffic Safety...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Fines, Punishment
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Cubs hoping to add 3:05 p.m. Friday starts this season
The Cubs have five remaining Friday afternoon games at Wrigley Field they're hoping to schedule at 3:05 p.m., as they did in the 1980s with the "businessman's specials." They're hoping the City Council pushes up its vote on the proposal by Mayor Rahm...
Tags: Paul Maholm, Rahm Emanuel, Arodys Vizcaino, Atlanta Braves, Thomas M. Tunney
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Lawmakers vote to lower mandatory school age to 6 from 7
Illinois children would have to be in school at age 6 instead of 7 starting in September 2014 under a bill that cleared the legislature Thursday in Springfield, giving education officials a tool to fight a truancy crisis that reaches into the earliest...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, La Shawn K. Ford, Springfield, Students
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CTA, rail union at odds over seniority rules
Labor peace has been short-lived at the CTA in the wake of a historic contract negotiated late last year that changed decades-old work rules to increase efficiency and save the transit agency millions of dollars annually. On Monday, several hundred CTA...Tags: Forrest Claypool, Rahm Emanuel, Consumers, Chicago Transit Authority, Unions
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Legislators give go-ahead to new Elgin-O'Hare toll road
Amid the divisiveness this spring over pension reform and casino gambling, legislators managed to agree overwhelmingly on at least one thing: The Chicago area needs a new toll road. With little more than a dozen "no" votes — mostly from...
Tags: Business, Elgin, Government, Labor Legislation, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
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Getting around: Surprise sidetracks speed camera bill
State legislation aimed at reducing the number of children struck by vehicles near schools across Illinois breezed through the House in April, but it hit a speed bump in the Senate well before the General Assembly session ended last week. A major...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Springfield, Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying, Politics
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Parking meter contract left no clever ways out
What if, to turn the screws on the private parking meter company that has Chicago in a vise of its own, the city imposed an exorbitant, crippling tax on parking meter revenues? It was an idea submitted by one of my readers, and I put it to the city's...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Turkey (animal), Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), Near North Side
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Gay marriage bill fails to go to vote in Illinois House
SPRINGFIELD -- For Illinois' gay marriage proponents, it was supposed to be a historic week culminating in a collective "I do" from Springfield lawmakers. Thousands tuned in to social media and live streams throughout the day Friday, sending tweets...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Elections, Heather Steans, Illinois Governor, Greg Harris
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Ex-Emanuel aide Mintle to head Chicagoland Chamber
Tribune reporterTheresa Mintle, former chief of staff to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, has been named president and chief executive of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, according to a press release issued this afternoon. Mintle, 48, begins Aug. 5, replacing Jerry Roper, who...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Transit Authority, Richard M. Daley, Local Government, Theresa Mintle
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Hot-button issues pile up for Springfield finale
— Five months of debate, negotiation and procrastination among lawmakers led to a high stakes Friday adjournment showdown that could decide the fate of the state's most controversial and contentious issues —public pension reform, gun control,...
Tags: Kwame Raoul, Government, Cook County Government, Interior Policy, Illinois Governor
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