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Illinois credit rating lowered after pension reform failure
SPRINGFIELD --- A major investor ratings service further lowered Illinois' worst-in-the-nation credit rating today following lawmakers' inability to agree on money-saving reforms to the public employee pension system. Fitch Ratings dropped Illinois...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Politics, Credit Ratings, Ratings, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lawmakers vote to lower mandatory school age to 6 from 7
Illinois children would have to be in school at age 6 instead of 7 starting in September 2014 under a bill that cleared the legislature Thursday in Springfield, giving education officials a tool to fight a truancy crisis that reaches into the earliest...
Tags: Springfield, La Shawn K. Ford, Illinois Governor, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
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Rutherford running for Illinois governor in 2014
Tribune reporterState Treasurer Dan Rutherford kicked off a campaign for the 2014 Republican governor nomination Sunday, touting himself as the only statewide officeholder among the GOP field. "It's hard to win statewide as a Republican, but I can tell you what, I'm...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Bill Daley, Lisa Madigan, U.S. Senate
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Legislators give go-ahead to new Elgin-O'Hare toll road
Amid the divisiveness this spring over pension reform and casino gambling, legislators managed to agree overwhelmingly on at least one thing: The Chicago area needs a new toll road. With little more than a dozen "no" votes — mostly from...
Tags: Business, Terry Link, Public Transportation, Politics, Highway Transportation
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
GREAT LAKES GOVERNORS-TRADE Great Lakes governors pledge trade cooperation MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — A group representing U.S. governors and Canadian premiers in the Great Lakes region has agreed to cooperate on promoting trade and maritime...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Politics, Disasters and Accidents, Chicago Hotels, Wildlife
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Gay marriage bill fails to go to vote in Illinois House
SPRINGFIELD -- For Illinois' gay marriage proponents, it was supposed to be a historic week culminating in a collective "I do" from Springfield lawmakers. Thousands tuned in to social media and live streams throughout the day Friday, sending tweets...
Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Family, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama
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Hot-button issues pile up for Springfield finale
— Five months of debate, negotiation and procrastination among lawmakers led to a high stakes Friday adjournment showdown that could decide the fate of the state's most controversial and contentious issues —public pension reform, gun control,...
Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Executive Branch, Toni Preckwinkle, Family
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Illinois agency gears up for fracking
Let the fracking begin. That's the message the Illinois Senate sent Friday in passing sweeping legislation to regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing, a method for releasing oil and natural gas that involves massive amounts of pressurized water, sand...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Politics, Conservation, Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, John J Cullerton
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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: Navy Pier, Illinois Governor, McCormick Place, Matt Murphy, Chicago Mayor
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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: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Primaries, Executive Branch
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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: Politics, U.S. Senate, Rahm Emanuel, Executive Branch, Family
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