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    Dec 15, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. Legalizing pot: What's happening in other states?

    The votes in Washington and Colorado last month legalizing marijuana were just the latest developments in the debate over marijuana use in the United States. Lawmakers and activists in some other states are contemplating their next moves in regards to...

    Tags: Regional Authority, Peter Shumlin, Politics, Government, Daylin Leach

    2. May 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Casino bill would give city unparalleled control

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license.
    Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Litigation and Regulation, Regional Authority, Malpractice, Politics

    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Voice of the People, May. 16

    Lang's language This is in response to "Tribune's pension scold way off mark" (Perspective, May 12), by Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, deputy majority leader of the Illinois House. Lang clearly has spent quite a bit of time polishing his ability to compose his...

    Tags: Elwood (Will, Illinois), Politics, Public Employees, Pension and Welfare, Career and Workplace

    4. May 15, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Medical marijuana shouldn't be for 'adults only'

    My 9-year-old daughter has Aicardi syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes extremely hard-to-control seizures, debilitation, disability and early mortality. She began having seizures at three months of age, and since that time has had multiple seizures every day, with rare exception — probably to the tune of nearly 200,000 seizures in her lifetime.
    My 9-year-old daughter has Aicardi syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes extremely hard-to-control seizures, debilitation, disability and early mortality. She began having seizures at three months of age, and since that time has had multiple...

    Tags: Politics, Genetic Condition, Illinois Governor, Seizures, Insomnia

    5. May 13, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  5. They're not booing, they're saying "Loooooou." Or maybe they are booing.

    Change of Subject
    Sunday we published a muscular attack on our own editorial board penned by Democratic State Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie: For years the editorial page has loudly bellowed for and against Illinois pension proposals and petulantly insulted and denigrated...
    6. May 12, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Legislators angry at Tribune editorial board over pension reform stance

    It's about time that the Chicago Tribune's editorial board stop treating the Illinois Constitution like yesterday's newspaper.
    It's about time that the Chicago Tribune's editorial board stop treating the Illinois Constitution like yesterday's newspaper. For years the editorial page has loudly bellowed for and against Illinois pension proposals and petulantly insulted and...

    Tags: Michael Madigan, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Skokie, Crime, Law and Justice

    7. May 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Quinn vetoes bill that would have increased ComEd rates

    Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed legislation Sunday that would have increased utility bills and helped Commonwealth Edison improve its electrical grid.
    Tribune reporter
    Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed legislation Sunday that would have increased utility bills and helped Commonwealth Edison improve its electrical grid. But the bill passed the General Assembly by healthy margins, and legislators could override the veto this month....

    Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Business

    8. May 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. The do-nothing caucus

    Last fall on this page, we endorsed candidates for the Illinois House based largely on their fiscal policies. Illinois is beyond a crisis point; its lawmakers need to find solutions. So:
    Last fall on this page, we endorsed candidates for the Illinois House based largely on their fiscal policies. Illinois is beyond a crisis point; its lawmakers need to find solutions. So: Were candidates willing to enact serious pension reform? Cut state...

    Tags: Politics, Money and Monetary Policy, Adam Brown, Pension and Welfare, Linda Chapa LaVia

    9. May 5, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Quinn leery of gambling expansion loopholes

    Repeated assurances by gambling expansion supporters that a Chicago casino would be under the strict supervision of the state's gambling regulators isn't enough for Gov. Pat Quinn, who is eyeing a provision that he worries could undermine that authority.
    Repeated assurances by gambling expansion supporters that a Chicago casino would be under the strict supervision of the state's gambling regulators isn't enough for Gov. Pat Quinn, who is eyeing a provision that he worries could undermine that authority....

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Midway, Regional Authority, Politics, Illinois Governor

    10. Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Quinn blames lawmakers for inaction on pension reform

    SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn chastised lawmakers for failing to pass cost-cutting changes to the government worker retirement system, then dangled the possibility that he'd drop his long-running opposition to a major gambling expansion to get a pension deal done.
    Clout Street
    SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn chastised lawmakers for failing to pass cost-cutting changes to the government worker retirement system, then dangled the possibility that he'd drop his long-running opposition to a major gambling expansion to get a...

    Tags: Springfield, Regional Authority, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Government

    11. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Quinn criticizes new pension reform plan tied to income tax

    SPRINGFIELD — A top House Democrat on Wednesday suggested a new plan to fix the state’s massively indebted retirement system: make the temporary income tax hike permanent, have state workers and teachers chip in more toward their pension and raise the retirement age for full benefits to 67.
    Clout Street
    SPRINGFIELD — A top House Democrat on Wednesday suggested a new plan to fix the state’s massively indebted retirement system: make the temporary income tax hike permanent, have state workers and teachers chip in more toward their pension and...

    Tags: Michael Madigan, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Career and Workplace, Illinois Governor

    12. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Quinn minimum wage hike could be tough sell

    It won’t be easy for Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn to find enough lawmakers to vote for the minimum wage increase, what with business groups pronouncing it a “job killer.”
    Clout Street
    It won’t be easy for Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn to find enough lawmakers to vote for the minimum wage increase, what with business groups pronouncing it a “job killer.” But the best news for Quinn is that key Democratic lawmakers...

    Tags: Michael Madigan, Regional Authority, Politics, Kimberly Lightford, Illinois Governor

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