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CPS pension holiday bill fails
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- A plan to allow Mayor Rahm Emanuel to skip a large chunk of Chicago Public Schools pension payments for two years failed today after Gov. Pat Quinn vowed to veto it unless lawmakers also approve comprehensive government worker pension....Tags: Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Labor Legislation, Pension and Welfare, Naperville
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Senate sends Quinn DePaul Arena, McCormick Place bill
Tribune reporterThe Illinois Senate today sent a bill to Gov. Pat Quinn that will green-light Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan for McCormick Place expansion that includes a new DePaul University basketball arena and a hotel. The legislation also includes provision to...Tags: Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor, Economy, Business and Finance, Toi Hutchinson, Peotone
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Illinois Senate concealed carry showdown: one up, one down
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate pressed for a compromise Tuesday to allow concealed weapons in Illinois, advancing a measure that would let Chicago keep local firearms laws like its assault weapons ban and rejecting a separate bill that would wipe...Tags: Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Kwame Raoul, Christine Radogno, Illinois General Assembly
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Illinois gay marriage bill won't pass House this session
Tribune reporterSPRINGFIELD --- A showdown vote on legalizing gay marriage in Illinois never materialized Friday as lawmakers adjourned, dashing the high hopes of supporters who believed that after years of disappointment they were finally on the verge of making history....Tags: Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor, Parties and Movements, Illinois General Assembly, Chicago Mayor
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Ex-Chicago police leader Hillard gets flak in bid for police reform job in New Orleans
The Chicago Police Department's troubling legacy of civil rights abuses has become an issue in a surprising place — New Orleans, which is trying to tackle its own systemic problems with police abuse. Among the two finalists to oversee major...
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CPS high school graduation rates continue to rise
Tribune reporterA week after his hand-picked Board of Education approved the contentious closing of 49 elementary schools, Mayor Rahm Emanuel touted rising graduation rates as a sign that the district is on the right track. A projected 63 percent of Chicago public...Tags: Separation of Church and State, University of Chicago, Graduation, Cook County Government, Chicago Mayor
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Parking meter contract left no clever ways out, alas
Change of SubjectFrom Sunday's print column City Chief Financial Officer Lois Scott, left, and Corporation Counsel Steve Patton, attend last week’s City Council hearing on possible amendments to the parking meter deal. (Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune / May 28, 2013)... -
Andrew Greeley, Chicago priest and best-selling novelist, dies at 85
A best-selling novelist, renowned sociologist and outspoken commentator on all things Roman Catholic, the Rev. Andrew Greeley lived many lives. But above all, the Irish Catholic with a mischievous twinkle always remained a Chicago parish priest. "He...
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City to build new domestic violence shelter
Clout StreetThe city will use a $1.8 million court settlement from a strip club to help fund Chicago’s first new domestic violence shelter in more than a decade, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday. The 40-bed shelter to be built in the Chicago Lawn...Tags: Trials, Abusive Behavior, Chicago Lawn, Chicago Mayor
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Emanuel parking meter lease changes clear key hurdle
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to revise the city’s much-reviled, long-term parking meter lease won a key committee endorsement today, setting the stage for likely approval by the full City Council this week. The Finance Committee voted 15-6 to...Tags: Chicago Mayor
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Conservatives: lose the obsession with Obama
Conservatives have long viewed Washington as one giant, inevitable disaster waiting to happen. For conservative political strategists, part of our job is helping to frame that eventual disaster as President Barack Obama's fault. But conservatives should...Tags: Eric Holder, Justice System, Internal Revenue Service, Benghazi, Washington, DC
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City to put $1.8M toward new domestic violence shelter
The city will use a $1.8 million court settlement from a strip club to help pay for Chicago's first new domestic violence shelter in more than a decade, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday. The 40-bed shelter to be built in the Chicago Lawn...
Tags: Trials, Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Lawn, Dining and Drinking
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