Mike Riopell
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Big question looms in pension debate: Are cuts legal?Feb 04, 2013 4:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As lawmakers resume the debate over Illinois's growing retirement fund debts in the coming weeks, perhaps the biggest looming question is whether cutting e...
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Schaumburg District 54 sues over pension penaltiesJan 31, 2013 12:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 has sued the state's retirement fund for teachers in an attempt to get back about $97,000 in penalties the distr...
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Local roads, bridges, bike paths get state moneyJan 30, 2013 12:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Several projects to improve suburban streets, bridges and bike routes are getting funds from a state and federal program, Gov. Pat Quinn announced Wednesda...
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Springfield session begins with full plate of money woesJan 27, 2013 7:00 am - Springfield session begins with full plate of money woes
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Cameras approved for Lake County courtroomsJan 24, 2013 12:00 pm - Lake County judges will be able to open their courtrooms to cameras for the first time, after the Illinois Supreme Court gave its approval Thursday. “Our 15 circuit judg...
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Brady committee to analyze GOP's 2012 election lossesJan 24, 2013 8:00 am - Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady is organizing a committee of the party faithful to analyze the GOP's significant 2012 election losses and plan for 2014. The...
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Quinn compliments Cullerton pension planJan 22, 2013 2:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn Tuesday called a pension-cutting plan from Senate President John Cullerton “very attractive.” Cullerton's legislation has two distinct pensi...
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Topinka warns state funds will run dry by summerJan 21, 2013 1:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka said Monday that lawmakers and Gov. Pat Quinn shouldn't delay in finding money for programs that will clearly run dr...
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Illinois shining today, but political limelight soon could waneJan 21, 2013 4:00 am - For Illinois Democrats, President Barack Obama's candidacy for the White House that began six years ago was a huge opportunity to grab the political limelight, from the ...
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Will lawmakers keep momentum on pension reform?Jan 12, 2013 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Missing Wednesday's deadline to approve vast cuts to teachers' and state workers' retirement plans doesn't have to mean that lawmakers start from scratch i...