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Ken Griffin calls Illinois tax incentives cronyism
Tribune staff reporterCitadel founder Kenneth Griffin named and shamed local corporations that have taken tax incentives from the state’s financially strapped government in a Monday evening speech to a prominent Chicago business group. "The last election cycle I called...Tags: Illinois Governor, Chicago Teachers Union, CNBC (tv network), Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Quinn: No new casinos without pension reform
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a finer point on a notion he's been pushing this spring: no gambling expansion will happen without comprehensive changes to fix a greatly underfunded government worker pension system. The Democratic governor also insisted...Tags: Illinois Governor, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Same-Sex Marriage, Interior Policy
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Editorial: Dear President Cullerton, Gov. Quinn needs you. We all do.
All in cordial terms, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton. Notice the comma, rather than a colon, in our salutation. This is a personal note, just between us. Nobody else needs to know about it. Gov. Pat Quinn met Monday with the Tribune...
Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Employees, Interior Policy, Career and Workplace, Pension and Welfare
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EDITORIAL: Revise map law to bring about change in Illinois
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.A few months ago, former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson admonished a group of business people for complaining about state government, but doing nothing about it. Here's an excerpt from that speech, which should apply to all Illinois citizens: "The point is,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois Governor, James Robert Thompson, 2010 Census, Justice System
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Illinois concealed carry bill stalls
— The push to pass a more restrictive concealed carry measure stalled late last week as support began to drop off before a key vote in the Illinois Senate. The legislation represents the latest attempt to address a federal appeals court order...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois Governor, Barack Obama, National Rifle Association of America, Gun Control
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Cullerton, Madigan square off with competing pension reform plans
— As Illinois lawmakers weigh a pair of competing pension reform plans this spring, a big factor they're considering is how much each approach would save the beleaguered state treasury. Illinois already spends more on government worker...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois Governor, Donne E Trotter, Taxation, Christine Radogno
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Senate committee advances bill requiring 'proper reason' for carrying a gun
Belleville News-DemocratA concealed-carry bill that requires a person to have "a proper reason" in order to carry a gun in public won approval Thursday in an Illinois Senate committee. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, passed 10-4-1 in the Senate Executive...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois Governor, Illinois General Assembly, Kwame Raoul, Justice System
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Madigan says universities, community colleges willing to share pension costs
— House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday announced that he has struck a preliminary deal with the state's universities and community colleges that will require them to slowly pick up the cost of teacher pensions over several years even as tuition...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Elaine Nekritz, Colleges and Universities, Economy, Business and Finance, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois)
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Editorial: Want real elections? It's up to you
When Illinois lawmakers sit down to draw new legislative maps, the two most important pieces of information are 1) how each precinct voted in the last election and 2) where the incumbents live. Using that information, the majority party sorts voters...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, United States Census Bureau, Justice System, Judges, U.S. Supreme Court
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In state where connections matter, family drama adds intrigue to Illinois' governor's race
Associated PressSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know — and who you're related to — matters more than most. But the family drama shaping up around the next governor's race adds a new...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois Governor, Barack Obama, William Daley, Justice System
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DePaul arena would anchor event center near McCormick Place, source says
Convention officials are close to unveiling plans for an arena to house the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team, two hotels and an array of restaurants and entertainment venues next to the McCormick Place convention campus, with an announcement...
Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Illinois Governor, Tom Cross, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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