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Rep. Aaron Schock flexes political muscles on potential GOP governor foes
Clout StreetU.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, who’s mulling a 2014 Republican bid for governor, chastised a pair of potential rivals Thursday, saying state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard have “proven nothing more than they can lose an election.” “...Tags: Aaron Schock, Primaries, U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Regional Authority, Parties and Movements
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Quinn to Lisa Madigan: Appeal conceal carry gun ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- Gov. Pat Quinn today called on Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a court order that requires Illinois to approve legislation this spring that would let citizens carry guns in public. The governor's move ramps up...Tags: Primaries, Regional Authority, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Pat Quinn
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Bill Daley suggests doing away with primary elections
Clout StreetBill Daley, who’s pondering a Democratic challenge to Gov. Pat Quinn next year, said Tuesday the state should explore replacing primary elections with nonpartisan contests like Chicago uses for mayor and City Council where candidates who get more...Tags: Chicago Elections, Primaries, Regional Authority, Politics, Political Fundraising
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Quinn, leaders to meet this weekend in search of pension fix
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn and legislative leaders plan to meet Saturday to try to come up with a compromise to fix financially broken government worker pension systems as the clock ticks down toward the end of the lame-duck session. The talks are scheduled as...Tags: Regional Authority, Credit Ratings, Illinois Governor, Politics, Interior Policy
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Kass: Chicago Way Casino — where pols can take to the pole
A sad comment on the cynicism around us is that some are scoffing at a beautiful idea: A giant Chicago City Hall-run casino at the James R. Thompson Center, the heart of state government, run by our political class. "We just want to build the thing,"...
Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Entertainment Events, Edward M. Burke, Rahm Emanuel
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Illinois credit rating takes hit after no action on pensions
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — One of the nation's leading credit-rating firms put Illinois on a negative watch list today because Gov. Pat Quinn and state lawmakers failed to address the overwhelming public pension debt in the just-completed lame-duck session....Tags: Wrigley Field, Credit Ratings, Regional Authority, Politics, Ratings
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Quinn loses Hail Mary on pension reform
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- The Illinois House adjourned this afternoon without even voting on Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's desperation pension reform plan. Quinn threw his support behind a bill that would set up a commission to decide how to fix Illinois'...Tags: Barbara Flynn Currie, Employees, Regional Authority, Politics, Pension and Welfare
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New General Assembly sworn in as full plate looms
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in today, and after the ceremony and celebrations are over, lawmakers will face a full plate of unresolved issues in the month ahead. Democrats now have veto-proof majorities in both the House and...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, University of Illinois Springfield, Tom Cross, Pension and Welfare, Gun Control
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Illinois Supreme Court picks justice's law clerk to be Cook County judge
When the Illinois Supreme Court acted to fill a vacancy on the Cook County bench this year, it looked no further than the chambers of one of its own — Justice Charles Freeman. There the high court found law clerk Jean Cocozza. Cocozza got her...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Legal Services, Illinois Elections, Politics, Edward M. Burke
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At gathering of readers, neighbors made a bad week better
It's been a terrible week, not a week to entertain, or be cute or flip about anything. But a Chicago Tribune event had been planned months ago for my readers at the beautiful campus at Elmhurst College on Tuesday. And so, bad week or no, I was going....
Tags: Elmhurst College, Radio, Flu, Entertainment, Rod Blagojevich
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Any judge in Vanecko case should be judged — and 'scrubbed'
Within seconds of McHenry County Judge Maureen McIntyre being appointed to preside over Illinois' political heater manslaughter case on Friday, you could almost hear her being "scrubbed." It's not about cleansing bubbles. Not in Illinois. "Scrubbing" is...
Tags: McHenry, Edward Vrdolyak, Murder, Primaries, Politics
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A new title for Burris: Professor
Ever want to learn how to become a politician? Then you can still sign up for the famed "Burris School of Politics." The course is taught by the Illinois political laughingstock and former U.S. Sen. Roland "Tombstone" Burris, whose ego is so huge that...
Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Michigan Avenue, John J Cullerton, Students, Teaching and Learning
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