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Quinn: No new casinos without pension reform
Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a finer point on a notion he's been pushing this spring: No gambling expansion will happen without comprehensive changes to fix a greatly underfunded government worker pension system. The Democratic governor also insisted...
Tags: Interior Policy, Rahm Emanuel, Same-Sex Marriage, Regional Authority, Chicago Mayor
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Be gone!
There's a bill heading to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk that would make DuPage County a laboratory for efficient local government. It might even produce a magic trick: Watch this taxing body disappear! The bill would let the DuPage County Board dissolve some...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Crime, Law and Justice, Wheaton, Naperville, Judges
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Our plea on pension reform to President Cullerton
All in cordial terms, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton. Notice the comma, rather than a colon, in our salutation. This is a personal note, just between us. Nobody else needs to know about it. Gov. Pat Quinn met Monday with the Tribune...
Tags: Interior Policy, Employees, Chicago Tribune, Illinois General Assembly, Government
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Quinn: pension reform before gambling expansion
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a finer point on a notion he's been pushing this spring: no gambling expansion will happen without comprehensive changes to fix a greatly underfunded government worker pension system. The Democratic governor also insisted...Tags: Interior Policy, Rahm Emanuel, Same-Sex Marriage, Regional Authority, Chicago Mayor
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Medical marijuana: Will Quinn go along?
A bill to legalize the medical use of marijuana has passed the Illinois General Assemly and now goes to Gov. Pat Quinn, who has yet to disclose whether he'll sign it. But based on his comments today, I'm betting he will. That wager rests on three things...Tags: Illinois Governor, Executive Branch, Government, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Politics
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Editorials: Tighten Link card rules to fight abuse
For state Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, this was the last straw: A food stamp recipient in his district used her Link card to bail herself out of jail. "We are losing a couple billion dollars in fraud and we know that," Bost says of Illinois' Link...
Tags: Interior Policy, Whole Wheat Bread, Illinois Governor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Mike Bost
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State grant to help upgrade Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove
With a newly awarded state grant of $400,000, Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove will undergo construction next spring for a new playground, a performance stage, pathways and landscaping. Gov. Pat Quinn announced May 11 the Buffalo Grove Park...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Buffalo Grove
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District 113 bids farewell to longtime board members
Harvey Cohen has left the building. With the same deliberate elocution, dry wit and sense of purpose he brought to District 113 Board of Education meetings for 16 years, Cohen said farewell quietly and thoughtfully last week. The three-time board...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Politics, Elections
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Newtown parents join call to ban high-capacity gun magazines in Illinois
The grieving mother of a 6-year-old killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School joined Illinois Democrats on Sunday in calling for a statewide ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Nicole Hockley choked up when discussing the December...
Tags: Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Laws, National Rifle Association of America
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Law toughens penalties for social media-linked attacks
Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Saturday a measure that allows stiffer penalties for people convicted of using social media to organize mob attacks. Social media has made it easier for groups of people to orchestrate violence, including those related to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Gang Activity, Government, Michigan Avenue
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Bill allows tougher penalties in social media based mob attacks
Tribune reporterGov. Pat Quinn signed into law Saturday legislation that calls for stiffer penalties on people who text or use social media to organize mob attacks. Social media has made it easier for groups of people to orchestrate violent crimes throughout the city,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Electronics, Prisons, Gang Activity, Government
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April flood has brought May headaches
It's been a month since rain drenched the region, turning communities that had never seen major flooding before into national disaster areas. The downpour started April 17, setting records for rainfall. Some of Chicago's suburbs recorded more than 7...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, Illinois Governor, American Red Cross, FEMA, Barack Obama
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