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Water reclamation pension peace could be blueprint for state
The state's top politicians still can't reach agreement on how to fix Illinois' woefully out-of-whack public employee pension system, but there's an approach to the issue that both Democrats and Republicans have hailed as a model to follow. There's...
Tags: Justice System, Illinois, Interior Policy, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Illinois pension reform clears first hurdle
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — A pension reform plan that aims to save tens of billions of dollars surfaced at the Capitol today, but questions remain about a controversial provision to shift suburban and Downstate teacher retirement costs onto local school...Tags: Health Insurance, Health, Teachers, Interior Policy, Health and Safety at Work
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Pension overhaul hits snag in Springfield
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD---Supporters of pension reform were scrambling to line up votes today as the clock ticks down toward a midnight adjournment deadline. Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan said he does not plan to vote for the proposal, and many of his...Tags: Justice System, Christine Radogno, Republican Party, Interior Policy, Lobbying
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Public pensions deal in the works
SPRINGFIELD — State government workers, teachers, university employees and lawmakers could see their annual pension increases scaled back but might not have to pay more toward their retirement or work longer under an emerging plan aimed at...
Tags: Justice System, Christine Radogno, Illinois, Interior Policy, Health and Safety at Work
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Pension reform opposition grows
— Efforts to develop a plan for comprehensive reform of public employee pensions hit a snag Monday as opposition intensified over a provision to shift retirement costs for suburban and Downstate teachers onto local school districts. House Speaker...
Tags: Justice System, Finance, Interior Policy, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance
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Illinois House panel finds 'reasonable grounds' to proceed against indicted lawmaker
Clout StreetAn Illinois House panel today concluded that there are "reasonable grounds" to proceed further with a disciplinary process against a West Side Democratic lawmaker charged with bribery, a move that eventually could result in his expulsion. The special...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Justice System, Republican Party, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Pension reform clears first hurdle
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsA pension reform plan that aims to save tens of billions of dollars surfaced at the Capitol today, but questions remain about a controversial provision …... -
Chicago police won't enforce eavesdropping law during NATO summit, city says
![Chicago's corporation counsel said Friday that police "do not intend to enforce" the state's controversial eavesdropping law during next month's NATO summit, the city's first public acknowledgment of the logistical difficulty and potential legal pitfalls of trying to bar people from recording police officers.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-04/69637622-27212522.jpg "Chicago's corporation counsel said Friday that police "do not intend to enforce\" the state's controversial eavesdropping law during next month's NATO summit, the city's first public acknowledgment of the logistical difficulty and potential legal pitfalls of trying to bar people from recording police officers.")
Chicago's corporation counsel said Friday that police "do not intend to enforce" the state's controversial eavesdropping law during next month's NATO summit, the city's first public acknowledgment of the logistical difficulty and potential legal...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Chicago, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Police Arrests
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House opens hearings into Chicago lawmaker's bribery charge
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD--The Illinois House opened a special investigation today into a Chicago Democrat charged in federal court with taking a cash bribe. But Rep. Derrick Smith, a West Side Democrat, didn't show up. Smith faces the first House probe since then-...Tags: Justice System, Rod Blagojevich, Republican Party, Illinois Governor, Bribery
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House panel investigating lawmaker expects more federal court action
Tribune reporterSPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois House panel investigating a Chicago lawmaker accused of bribery is holding off on hearings next week because of the potential for more activity in federal court. The latest developments in the case of Rep. Derrick Smith, D-...Tags: Justice System, Republican Party, Prosecution, Northbrook, Bribery
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Quinn pension plan could shift costs to schools
As Gov. Pat Quinn seeks to overhaul Illinois' public employee pension system, one of the more politically tricky elements also happens to be the one he's talking about the least. The Democratic governor is calling on universities, community colleges...
Tags: Springfield, Budgets and Budgeting, Interior Policy, Illinois Governor, Chicago Tribune
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Indicted lawmaker fails to show at House hearing
Tribune reporterSPRINGFIELD -- A lawmaker indicted on a federal bribery charge failed to appear today before a special House investigatory hearing. Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, was absent as the panel began proceedings. An attorney for the House said Smith's lawyer...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Corporate Crime, Patrick Fitzgerald, Lawyers
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