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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel pushing city-owned casino
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he favors establishing a casino in the city, provided certain "conditions" are met.
One Emanuel condition is that the city owns the casino, an echo of a demand made by former Mayor Richard M. Daley....Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Politics, Regional Authority, Pat Quinn
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Illinois sets July 9 deadline for plan to fix pensions
ReutersBy Joanne von Alroth and Karen Pierog SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 19 (Reuters) - In the first sign of compromise after weeks of political impasse, Illinois lawmakers in a special session on Wednesday set up a rarely used conference committee in an effort...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Bill Brady, Government, Kwame Raoul
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State lawmakers finally respond to pension alarm
— A fire alarm blared throughout the Capitol on Wednesday as state lawmakers gathered to take a first but small step toward resolving Illinois' massive government worker pension crisis. The symbolism of legislators rushing toward the exits in...
Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Government, Executive Branch, Moody's Corporation
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State lawmakers set up committee to tackle pension reform
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- The General Assembly is in special session today to form a conference committee of lawmakers who will try to come up with a way to break a stalemate on government worker pension reform. The Senate got the ball rolling by voting 45-11 not...Tags: Politics, Government, Executive Branch, Elaine Nekritz, Elections
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Voice of the People, Jun. 19
What would Abe do? Even in the time of Abraham Lincoln you needed moral integrity plus either political capital or political savvy to get anything meaningful accomplished. Lincoln had the moral integrity and political savvy; today's politicians are...Tags: Personal Income, Politics, Barack Obama, Chicago Tribune, Illinois Elections
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Editorials: Lawmakers, check your egos at the door
Lawmakers return to Springfield on Wednesday to address pension reform, but they're already planning a return engagement for July. Because you just can't beat Springfield in July. If the members agree to the idea, Democratic and Republican leaders of...
Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Government, Executive Branch, Economy, Business and Finance
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Lawmakers may punt on pensions
State lawmakers return to the Capitol on Wednesday to consider fixes to Illinois' financially woeful government worker pension system, but the heaviest lifting they're likely to do is to vote to form a committee to seek an elusive compromise. Lacking...
Tags: Republican Party, Christine Radogno, Government, Elections, Colombo (Sri Lanka)
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Don't count Cullerton out
"You must be one of those (expletives) from Room 6." I don't remember the first 10 words my now-wife spoke to me back then, much less the exact first words of old friends. Except, that is, for Illinois Senate President John J. Cullerton, D-Chicago....
Tags: Politics, Government, Executive Branch, Education, Interior Policy
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State retirees aren't the bad guys
You've gone from labeling legislators voting against your preferred, more-Draconian Michael Madigan pension bill as cowards (Editorial, "The do-nothing caucus," May 6) to calling them out by name as “obstructionists” (Parts 1-4, June 15-18). I...Tags: Politics, Voting, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Finance
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Bigger Illinois bond sale on even if pensions remain unfixed
ReutersCHICAGO, June 17 (Reuters) - Illinois increased the size of its upcoming general obligation bond sale by $50 million to $1.3 billion and plans to sell the bonds next week even if state lawmakers meeting in special session this week fail to deliver on...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Government, Executive Branch
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Pension reform: It's not looking pretty
As Illinois daily sinks ever deeper into the financial cesspool, 35 states are considering cutting taxes, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Indiana cut its personal income tax 5 percent over two years and, with a variety of...
Tags: Politics, Personal Income, Career and Workplace, Government, Executive Branch
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Corrections and clarifications for Tuesday, June 18, 2013
•An editorial on Monday incorrectly included Sen. Don Harmon on a list of state Senate Democratic leaders who voted against a pension reform bill sponsored by House Speaker Michael Madigan. Harmon voted for the bill. •In a Nov. 13 article...
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