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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: DePaul Blue Demons , Illinois Governor, Mutual Funds, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare
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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: DePaul Blue Demons , Illinois Governor, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Mutual Funds
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Source: Fewer than 5 schools to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Chicago City Hall, Northwestern University, Students, Health and Safety at School
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Don Welsh focuses boundless energy on promoting Chicago
Don Welsh, Chicago's top convention and tourism salesman, early this month embarked on one of the most high-wire sales trips of his tenure here — flying to rival Las Vegas in an attempt to win back the National Hardware Show, once a cornerstone...
Tags: White House, Towson University, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Companies and Corporations, Hotels and Accommodations
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Emanuel names Desiree Rogers chairman of Choose Chicago
By Tribune staffMayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday appointed former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers as board chairman of Choose Chicago, as has been expected. Rogers, now CEO of Ebony and Jet parent Johnson Publishing Co., steps into the volunteer post vacated...Tags: Peoples Energy Corporation, White House, Desirée Rogers, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, Barack Obama
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Michigan Avenue merchants fear they'll be the victims of robbery hoax
The bizarre saga of a 68-year-old woman who said she was forced to hand over jewelry valued at more than $135,000 to a group of menacing young men on the bustling Magnificent Mile reverberated around the country. Some 36 hours later, police had...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, Whitehall, Magnificent Mile, Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure
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IRS scandal a reminder of how I learned about The Chicago Way
The Internal Revenue Service scandal now devouring the Obama administration — the outrageous use of the federal taxing authority to target tea party and other conservatives — certainly makes for meaty partisan politics. But this scandal is...Tags: Chicago City Hall, White House, Barack Obama, Business, Wrigley Field
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Editorial: Mayor Difficult -- Has Emanuel alienated Chicagoans?
Early in 2011, Candidate Rahm Emanuel warned Chicagoans that their City Hall had to fix its finances or risk entering into eternal rest. The distance from broke government to broken government, he observed, is short: Without restoring financial health,...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago City Hall, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare
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The tale of 'Elevate Chicago' and foreclosure blight in the neighborhoods
Thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-three. That's the number of properties in Chicago listed last week in some stage of mortgage foreclosure. This is a disaster. This is a crisis. And though you wouldn't know it from the amount of news coverage...
Tags: Chicago Loop, United Center, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Humboldt Park, Navy Pier
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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. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...
Tags: Gambling, Chicago Public Schools, Religion and Belief, Pat Quinn, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Open thread: The weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but not limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup...... -
Subject for debate: Elevate Chicago
Change of SubjectStory: The Navy Pier remake is being rolled out this week along with other tourism-related projects, including a proposed multi-use arena at McCormick Place that would serve as the home of the DePaul Blue Demons basketball team and additional hotels......
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