Articles filed under Politics
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Oberweis proposes limited minimum wage hikeApr 10, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis wants to gradually raise the Illinois minimum wage to $10 an hour for workers 26 years old and older. The Su...
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GOP derails gender pay gap bill in SenateApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic bill Wednesday curbing paycheck discrimination against women, an effort that even in defeat Democrats hoped would p...
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Chicago pension deal creates quandary for QuinnApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - The legislature's approval of a plan to reduce Chicago's multibillion-dollar pension shortfall is creating an election-year quandary for Gov. Pat Quinn, who must decide ...
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DuPage mayors call for pension reformApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Mayors from DuPage County met in the state Capitol Wednesday to call for changes to the retirement plans for police officers and firefighters a day after l...
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Democrat's boat safety plans advanceApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - After more than a year of pushing for new boating safety rules, state Sen. Julie Morrison, a Deerfield Democrat, got the last piece of a package of changes approved by t...
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U.S. penned political satire in secret Cuban TwitterApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Draft messages produced for a Twitter-like service in Cuba that the U.S. government secretly funded were overtly political, documents obtained by The Associ...
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Quinn unveils road construction planApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn unveiled the state's annual six-year construction plan Wednesday, a proposal without many suburban headlines as the governor looks to ask la...
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Elgin Democrat wants drivers to keep their licensesApr 09, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate Wednesday approved a plan to allow drivers to keep their licenses after minor traffic violations. State Sen. Noland, an Elgin Democrat,...
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Suburban Democrat's opposition kills millionaires taxApr 09, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Two suburban Democrats' opposition to House Speaker Michael Madigan's so-called millionaires tax effectively kills the controversial proposal for now. Stat...
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County workers promoted after contributing to bossApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - Several employees who work for Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown received promotions and hefty raises after donating to their boss's campaign fund. The Chicago Sun...