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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: Elections, Interior Policy, Government, Lisa Madigan, Chicago Elections
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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: Moody's Corporation, Elections, Regional Authority, Interior Policy, Politics
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Rosenthal: End of the line is near for Illinois finances
Illinois is the little engine that won't. Everyone knows the state's finances are headed off the rails, but Illinois' politicians act more like passengers than engineers. They have shown they won't move on matters such as reform of its underfunded...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Economy, Business and Finance, Interior Policy, Politics, Credit and Debt
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Gay marriage bill fails to go to vote in Illinois House
SPRINGFIELD -- For Illinois' gay marriage proponents, it was supposed to be a historic week culminating in a collective "I do" from Springfield lawmakers. Thousands tuned in to social media and live streams throughout the day Friday, sending tweets...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Marriage, Elections, Christianity, Jesus Christ
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Springfield score card
Not passed Gay marriage: A bill that would have defined marriage in Illinois as an act between two people, instead of a man and a woman, wasn't brought to a vote in the House. Pension reform: Senate and House Democrats failed to agree on a solution to...
Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Petroleum Industry
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Fracking regulations passed in Springfield
Tribune reporterLet the fracking begin. That's the message the Illinois Senate sent Friday in passing sweeping legislation to regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing, a method for releasing oil and natural gas that involves massive amounts of pressurized water, sand...Tags: Energy Resources, Illinois Governor, Politics, Executive Branch, Petroleum Industry
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Editorial: Madigan, Cullerton and the price of their petulance
For reasons we don't pretend to know, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton on Friday struck yet another of their serial blows at Illinois taxpayers and the insolvent state government we're all obliged to finance. If you live...
Tags: Moody's Corporation, John J Cullerton, Interior Policy, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Illinois lawmakers strike out on pensions
Springfield -- Illinois Democrats who control the Capitol once again perfected the end-of-session meltdown, failing to approve major changes to a government worker retirement system that's gobbling up more and more of the budget and approaching $100...
Tags: Moody's Corporation, John J Cullerton, Interior Policy, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Same-Sex Marriage
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This guy wants to hurl a big wrench into the machine
Just minutes after his announcement Wednesday that he's running for governor in the Illinois Republican Party primary, gazillionaire businessman Bruce Rauner declared something. He declared war. War with the public union bosses, war with Boss Madigan,...
Tags: AFSCME, Elections, Republican Party, Regional Authority, Richard M. Daley
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Illinois Senate committee defeats more expansive House bill on concealed carry
Change of SubjectNo surprise in this news out of Springfield, but time's running out to reconcile these bills.... -
The best gun law for Illinois -- and Chicago
As a solution to the concealed weapons law that Springfield is at loggerheads over, I suggest the following compromise, which, I admit, is tilted toward the right to carry a concealed weapon. First, pass the law allowing for concealed carry with...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Firearms, Interior Policy, Chicago City Council
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U.S. Supreme Court OKs taking DNA from those arrested
— The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for police around the country to take DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes, a major step toward expanding a national database that will match new suspects to evidence from old crime...Tags: Clarence Thomas, Justice and Rights, Sex Crimes, Bank Robbery, Interior Policy
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