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Illinois Republicans rip Democrats ahead of pension special session
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Republicans leaders today wasted no time laying the blame for the state's financial woes at the feet of powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan and his fellow Democrats, saying that now is the time to act like adults and pass sorely...Tags: Executive Branch, Republican Party, Interior Policy, Government, Career and Workplace
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Illinois faces questions in implementing health overhaul
Inside a conference room at Mount Sinai Hospital shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, board members broke into an extended applause. Elsewhere, the chief executive of Cook County's public hospital system, one of the nation's largest, said the U.S. Supreme...
Tags: Executive Branch, Medicaid, Insurance, Loyola University Health System, Government
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Illinois voters to decide on pension proposal in November
— Illinois voters this fall will be asked whether to make it tougher for state and local governments to sweeten public employee pensions under a measure lawmakers approved Thursday.
The proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution now goes on...Tags: Executive Branch, Local Government, Republican Party, Interior Policy, Voting
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Emanuel's first St. Patrick's Day parade light on politics
Clout StreetSt. Patrick’s Day has a political tradition in Chicago, and the annual downtown parade is a hot spot for politicians seeking votes. But Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a staunch backer of hometown President Barack Obama, declined to talk politics at the...Tags: Executive Branch, Republican Party, European Union, Festive Events, St. Patrick's Day
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Quinn welcomes lakeshore funding, defends cutting elsewhere
Tribune reporterGov. Pat Quinn joined U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill, today to finalize an agreement that will allow Illinois to receive roughly $2 million a year in federal funding to help restore and protect the Lake Michigan shoreline. The Illinois Coastal...Tags: Executive Branch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Republican Party, Government, Loyola University Chicago
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Quinn's bad news budget: 'Our rendezvous with reality has arrived'
Clout StreetDemocratic Gov. Pat Quinn today delivered a bad news budget speech, calling for prison closures, layoffs and cutbacks to health care for the poor. "This budget contains truths you may not want to hear," Quinn said. "But these are truths that you do...Tags: Executive Branch, Petroleum Industry, Republican Party, Mary E Flowers, Behavioral Conditions
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Quinn calls for cutting natural gas tax, boosting education spending in State of State speech
Gov. Pat Quinn today called for more spending on education and abolishing the natural gas utility tax in his State of the State speech.
The noon address to the General Assembly, which is posted online, focuses mostly on job creation. (Tribune reporter...Tags: Executive Branch, Republican Party, Natural Resources, Nursing Homes, Natural Gas
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Once his defender, Quinn berates Blagojevich
Even as a corruption investigation swirled around then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich five years ago, Pat Quinn defended his two-time running mate as "a person who's honest and one of integrity."
On Wednesday, Gov. Quinn declared "justice was served" after a...Tags: Executive Branch, George Ryan, Government, Values, Religion and Belief
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Topinka says recession would hurt already shaky Illinois finances
Clout StreetComptroller Judy Baar Topinka on Monday said she fears what will happen in Illinois should the nation slip back into recession, warning the state’s finances are so bad there’s nothing to fall back on. The veteran Republican statewide...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, City Club of Chicago, Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor
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Illinois Republicans dream big at state fair rally
Clout StreetIllinois Republicans dreamed big during a rally at the Illinois State Fair today, predicting the shaky economy that haunts Democratic President Barack Obama will turn into GOP success at the polls in 2012. GOP leaders talked about putting Illinois "in...Tags: Interior Policy, Executive Branch, Republican Party, New Hampshire, Government
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