Articles filed under Politics
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Lawmakers want new study on O'Hare noiseMay 14, 2014 1:00 am - As noise complaints have continued to fly in after O'Hare International Airport opened a new runway in 2013, two state lawmakers want to look into it. Republican state R...
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Judge halts Illinois pension overhaul until rulingMay 14, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A Sangamon County judge stopped Illinois' state pension overhaul law from taking effect Wednesday, issuing a stay on the law until the court can rule on it...
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Democrats push state budget assuming 5% income tax rateMay 14, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Democrats are moving forward with a plan that would spend money they won't have unless they vote to extend the 2011 income tax hike in the c...
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Madigan pitches plan to expand business tax creditMay 14, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A plan to expand and restructure a state business tax incentive program is advancing in the Illinois legislature. A House committee voted 8-2 Wednesday to ...
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Proposal would limit questions about applicants' criminal historyMay 14, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A proposal to restrict most businesses from asking job applicants about their criminal record until later in the hiring process has advanced through the Il...
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Editorial: Political risk should not kill a good budgeting ideaMay 13, 2014 5:01 am - In concept, a proposal from Democratic state Sen. Dan Kotowski to open the automatic funding of about 26 state programs to more scrutiny seems to be a classic no-brainer...
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Rubio: Open Congress' retirement to all workersMay 13, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Younger voters would face higher retirement ages but all Americans could join federal retirement accounts in a plan proposed Tuesday by Sen. Marco Rubio in ...
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History shades Arkansas' gay marriage debateMay 13, 2014 1:01 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Fifty-seven years after federal troops escorted nine black students into Little Rock's Central High School as a white mob jeered, Arkansas again find...
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Schneider's path to GOP chair job clearedMay 13, 2014 1:01 am - Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider of Bartlett has a clear path to become the Illinois Republican Party's next chairman after the only other candidate dropped out Tu...
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Illinois Senate committee OKs ban on crib bumpersMay 13, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - An Illinois Senate committee has approved a ban on selling crib bumpers. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reported that the committee cited an Amer...