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Quinn to lawmakers on gambling: 'Make my day'
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn challenged lawmakers today to stop playing games with a gambling package as the Senate prepares to serve up legislation modeled after what the governor says he favors but that's also unlikely to pass. "Stop the delays and whatever else...Tags: Justice System, Government, Retirement, WGN, Illinois Governor
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Illinois Senate approves Chicago speeding cameras
Clout StreetThe Illinois Senate today voted in favor of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's measure that would allow Chicago to start using cameras to ticket speeders in so-called safety zones. “This is clearly a request of the city, a request of the mayor, something that...Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Justice System, Margaret Laurino, Health and Safety at School, Chicago
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Quinn wants to increase tax credit for working poor
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn met behind closed doors with legislative leaders today to talk jobs and economic growth, floating a plan that would increase the state’s earned income tax credit for low-income families and close some corporate tax loopholes. The...Tags: Tax Credits, U.S. Senate, Government, Justice System, Career and Workplace
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Illinois House panel attacks union pension abuses
— House lawmakers attacked union pension abuses Monday in response to Tribune/WGN-TV investigations, including one that exposed how two lobbyists got public teacher pensions for a single day of substitute teaching.
The investigation found Steven...Tags: U.S. Senate, Government, Retirement, Local Government, Illinois Governor
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Illinois Senate won't vote on limiting state worker unionizing
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois Senate won’t vote today on a measure pushed by Gov. Pat Quinn to limit collective bargaining rights for thousands of state workers. The Democratic governor had hoped for a vote while legislators were in Springfield this...Tags: Scott Walker, Illinois General Assembly, Springfield, Government, Career and Workplace
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Quinn says he will rewrite parts of state budget
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn said today he will use his veto power to rewrite parts of the budget lawmakers sent him for the fiscal year that starts July 1. Quinn did not specify what changes he will make but identified several areas he will focus on. “There...Tags: Illinois Department of Transportation, Justice System, Government, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn
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Lawmakers to hold hearings on Illinois business tax
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD -- Illinois lawmakers announced today they will hold hearings to review the state’s business tax structure, giving companies threatening to leave the state a forum to vent about this year’s tax hike. Senate President John...Tags: Chicago Board of Trade, Justice System, Michael Madigan, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn
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Quinn listens to pitch from sponsors of major gambling expansion
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn said today that he’s met with sponsors of a major gambling expansion he’s criticized as “top heavy,” the first of what he says will be many meetings as he weighs whether to sign off on the measure. The gathering...Tags: Justice System, Government, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senate Democrats will go along with road construction deal
Clout StreetIllinois Senate Democrats say they will go along with a plan to avoid Gov. Pat Quinn's threatened shutdown of summer construction projects. That means lawmakers will return to Springfield on Wednesday to keep millions of dollars worth of school, road and...Tags: Martin Sandoval, Illinois General Assembly, Springfield, Government, Justice System
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Lawmakers to return to Capitol next week to avoid construction shutdown
Clout StreetState lawmakers will return to the Capitol next week to consider legislation that would avoid a shutdown of the state's summer construction program Gov. Pat Quinn has threatened. News of next Wednesday's session day in Springfield came after Quinn and...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Justice System, Government, Michael Madigan
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Referendum may ask residents if they want to dissolve Evanston Township
TribLocal - EvanstonThe fate of Evanston Township as a separate form of government may be put to a public vote, as township trustees this week asked city …... -
Quinn wants special session, vows construction halt
Gov. Pat Quinn today threatened to shut down summer road construction if lawmakers don’t return to Springfield, a move critics contend is a “manufactured crisis.”
At issue is a measure that gives Quinn the authority to continue to spend...Tags: Government, Justice System, Pat Quinn, Budgets and Budgeting, Crime, Law and Justice
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