Mike Riopell
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Riopell: Income tax hike, school funding shift, minimum wage to return in '15?Dec 05, 2014 4:00 am - Lawmakers' departure from Springfield this week with no plans to return before a new legislature and Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner are sworn in meant the death of a handful of...
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Farnham could lose pension over guilty pleaDec 05, 2014 12:01 am - Former state Rep. Keith Farnham, an Elgin Democrat, will have his state pension suspended when he's sentenced on a child pornography charge, and the $1,237-per-month ben...
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Attorney general asks Supreme Court to hurry on pension caseDec 04, 2014 12:01 am - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office asked the state Supreme Court Thursday to fast-track a decision on whether a new law to cut teacher and state worker pens...
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Roskam gets post to help lead IRS investigationsDec 04, 2014 12:01 am - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican, will have a new post in the next Congress that could have him presiding over hearings into ongoing Internal Revenue Service...
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Legislature sets new fees for access to government recordsDec 03, 2014 12:01 am - The state law that allows people access to government records was further restricted Wednesday over the objections of Gov. Pat Quinn. The Illinois Senate voted 39-13 to ...
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Tollway speed limit going to 70 unless counties objectDec 03, 2014 12:01 am - State lawmakers Wednesday voted to raise speed limits on Illinois tollways to 70 mph in urban areas. The Illinois House overrode Gov. Pat Quinn's veto of the idea withou...
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Last-minute voter registration plan goes to QuinnDec 03, 2014 12:01 am - Most Illinois voters would be allowed to register to vote on Election Day in their home precincts in 2016 under a proposal lawmakers sent to Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday. Bu...
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Madigan spokesman: No state wage hike this yearDec 02, 2014 12:01 am - A new proposal to eventually raise the Illinois minimum wage to $11 doesn't appear to be going anywhere until at least next year. That means Chicago's minimum wage will ...
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Further public records restrictions on holdDec 01, 2014 12:01 am - Transparency advocates have started fighting a new plan they say would make it harder and possibly more expensive to get government records. A Democratic lawmaker Monday...
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Walsh says aide who lost job over Obama remarks 'didn't last with me'Dec 01, 2014 12:01 am - Former Congressman Joe Walsh called his onetime press secretary Elizabeth Lauten's Facebook post about President Barack Obama's daughters "pretty stupid." Lauten worked ...