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Chicago's gun registry on the ropes
Chicago's 3-year-old gun registry could go away as part of the concealed carry law state lawmakers recently passed, but few are publicly mourning the loss of a database once heralded as a key part of the city's gun control laws. The registry, put in...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Chicago Mayor, Gun Control, University of Chicago, Chicago Police Department
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Illinois governor hopefuls start their engines
State lawmakers had barely peeled out of Springfield following a session where key issues stalled when a slew of politicians who want to be Illinois governor saw the green flag waving to launch the 2014 race. A pair of Republicans, Treasurer Dan...
Tags: Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Finance, Kirk W Dillard, Chicago Mayor
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Editorial: Quinn should sign the Peoples Gas bill
The company that supplies natural gas to Chicago has a problem, which means its customers have a problem. Peoples Gas delivers its product through some 2,000 miles of pipes that thread under the city's streets and sidewalks. Some of that pipe has been...
Tags: Executive Branch, Environmental Issues, Illinois Governor, Politics, Abraham Lincoln
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Editorial: Have Illinois' problems outgrown its leaders?
"I think most people would agree that what Illinois needs right now are leaders who actually govern, who set a clear course to take on our biggest challenges while bringing enough people around to their view to get things done." —Potential...
Tags: Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Finance, Chicago Elections, Elections
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Quinn has a full desk of legislative decisions
— State lawmakers failed to pass pension reform, gambling expansion and gay marriage during the spring session, but they did send the governor bills to require video recording of interrogations of serious crimes and bar child sex offenders from...
Tags: Executive Branch, House Building, Criminal Laws, Illinois Governor, Sex Crimes
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Funding restored to UNO
Gov. Pat Quinn's administration said Friday that it has partially restored funding to the United Neighborhood Organization to allow the embattled charter school operator to finish a new soccer academy high school by this fall. The decision came less than...Tags: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Politics, Charter Schools
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Rosenthal: Nothing special about upcoming legislative session
Expecting this latest special session of the legislature in Springfield to get Illinois' finances back on track is like expecting someone who throws out the ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field to give the Cubs six solid innings on the mound. Both...
Tags: Michael Madigan, Finance, Illinois Governor, Bonds, Springfield
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Quinn calls special legislative session for June 19
— Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is summoning lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session June 19 to try to break a stalemate over the state's massive public employee pension debt that triggered two downgrades from major credit rating agencies...
Tags: Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Chicago Elections, Christine Radogno, Pension and Welfare
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Editorial: Gov. Quinn, Sign the gun bill
The Illinois General Assembly sent Gov. Pat Quinn a concealed carry of firearms bill that embodies the art of compromise. In other words, nobody likes it. Pro-gun groups say the bill is too restrictive. They say it carves out so many places you can't...
Tags: Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Chicago Mayor, Gun Control, Elections
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Editorial: We hope Standard & Poor's latest warning brings Mr. Cullerton to his senses
Dear Standard & Poor's, We're back, Stan, appreciative (of you) but disgusted (with our inept politicians). In February, when we addressed the fourth of these occasional letters from the Tribune editorial board to all of you at Standard & Poor's, you...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Credit and Debt, Ratings, Botswana, Pension and Welfare
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Veto concealed carry bill
It was with great interest that I read John Schmidt’s guest commentary (June 6) on the concealed carry statute. I was particularly intrigued by his reference to the parameters of the new law, specifically, that Illinois citizens seeking a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mental Health, Criminal Laws, Abusive Behavior, Suicide
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Quinn restores UNO funding
Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration on Friday announced it partially restored funding to the United Neighborhood Organization to allow the embattled charter school operator to finish a new soccer academy high school in time to open this fall. The...
Tags: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Executive Branch, Illinois Governor, Politics, Schools
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