Articles filed under Illinois Senate
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Candidates oppose shifting pension burdenFeb 18, 2012 7:00 am - Local control of pension funds may sound good on paper, but the idea of the state shifting the burden of millions of dollars in teacher retirement costs onto school dist...
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Dillard: School pension plan a ‘realistic threat’Feb 16, 2012 4:30 am - Anyone who thinks Illinois would never shift billions of dollars in teacher retirement costs onto local school districts had better think again, state Sen. Kirk Dillard ...
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25th Senate Dem candidate runs with working class in mindFeb 16, 2012 12:00 am - Remember when Wisconsin was in the national spotlight last spring, with weeks of protests over a Republican governor’s attempt to limit public workers’ collective bargai...
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Candidate’s past arrest questionedFeb 16, 2012 12:00 am - The Daily Herald asks all candidates if they have been arrested on charges of, or convicted of, a crime. For Steven L. Hunter, the answer is “yes.” The Geneva resident,...
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McConnaughay says endorsement of Surges 'irrelevant'Feb 15, 2012 12:00 am - Karen McConnaughay, candidate for the Republican primary in the 33rd Senate District, got the support of a high-ranking member of Congress last week. But the grass-roots...
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Second-chance candidates get their shot on March 20Feb 14, 2012 11:00 pm - This year, 8th District congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth is avoiding using words like “fight” and “war” in her campaign. Her opponent in the March 20 Democratic p...
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Dist. 31 GOP candidates: Don’t shift school pension responsibilityFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - Four candidates in the Republican primary for a Lake County state senate seat say they oppose an idea for local school districts to assume responsibility for teachers’ p...
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Pension reform divides Ramey, Pankau in 23rdFeb 11, 2012 7:00 am - The complex and politically tricky issue of pension reform is a divisive topic for the two Republican candidates seeking their party's nomination for the 23rd District s...
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Brownfield deserves vote in 23rd SenateFeb 08, 2012 5:00 am - It goes without saying that our civic society is broken. Our politics, which defined as the work of the people, is anything but. We can begin to move our state back to s...
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31st state Senate candidates tackle pensions, taxesFeb 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Public employee pensions and taxes were among the issues addressed at a forum Wednesday night in Gurnee by four men running in the Republican primary for state Senate Di...