Friday, December 21, 2012

Pension reform plan could cut next year's payment by nearly $2 billion

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By Jamey Dunn Supporters of a new pension reform proposal say it would shave almost $2 billion off the pension payments required by the st...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

State employees would pay more under union-backed pension plan

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By Jamey Dunn  Union officials pitched a pension reform plan today that would ask state workers to pay more for their benefits. Under a...
Friday, December 14, 2012

State faces credit downgrade and underfunded capital plan

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By Jamey Dunn Illinois continues to struggle with fiscal challenges as another credit downgrade looms, and Gov. Pat Quinn reveals a fundin...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Quinn says public safety is his top priority for concealed carry law

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn said any concealed carry bill in Illinois would have to contain safety restrictions to get his approval. “T...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Court clears the way for concealed carry in 2013

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By Jamey Dunn A federal court ordered the Illinois legislature to craft a law allowing the concealed carry of guns in the state. Today’s...

TRS officials: We need a year to prep for pension reform

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By Jamey Dunn Officials from the Teachers Retirement System of the state of Illinois say they would need a year to prepare for pensions re...
Friday, December 07, 2012

Judge sides with state unions on pay increase

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By Jamey Dunn A judge has ruled that Gov. Pat Quinn must pay the contractual raises he denied to state employees, but the governor plans t...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Quinn's budget cuts stand

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By Jamey Dunn During the Illinois General Assembly's fall session, the House did not take up Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget vetoes, which eli...

House members propose new plan for state employee pensions

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By Jamey Dunn A group of Illinois House members are pitching a new pension reform plan, which they say they hope will move stalled negatio...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Indicted lawmaker unlikely to face House reprimand in the near future

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By Jamey Dunn There seems to be little appetite in the Illinois House to take any disciplinary action against indicted Chicago Democratic ...

Senate approves driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants

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By Jamey Dunn The Illinois Senate approved a bill today to give driver’s licenses to immigrants who are in the country illegally , but the...
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Monday, December 03, 2012

Vienna has cleaned up its act, but overcrowding is still a problem

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By Jamey Dunn While the Illinois Department of Corrections has fixed some of the serious maintenance issues at the Vienna Correctional Cen...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Senate panel OK's bill to give illegal immigrants temporary driver's licenses

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By Jamey Dunn An Illinois Senate committee today approved a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants access to temporary driver'...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Radogno hangs onto leadership spot

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By Jamey Dunn  Despite daunting losses in November’s general election and a challenge from among her ranks, Republican Senate Minority Le...

Lawmakers keep busy on the second day of veto session

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By Jamey Dunn During a busy veto session day today, lawmakers voted to override Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget vetoes, approved a bill that would...

Quinn: There is no money for pay raises

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn said today that Illinois does not have the money to give public workers raises under the contract their union...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

House resolution could mean no pay raises for state workers

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By Jamey Dunn State workers may not get a raise next fiscal year if lawmakers stick to a resolution approved by a House committee today. ...

Corporate tax info could become public knowledge

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By Jamey Dunn Some Illinois lawmakers want to look at corporations’ income tax bills, but business groups say it would violate their priva...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Quinn wants help from lawmakers to move special election date back

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By Jamey Dunn Voters in Illinois’ Second Congressional District will soon be headed back to the polls to choose a replacement for Jesse Ja...