Articles filed under Politics
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Special session tab could have been higher without suburban lawmaker's billJul 27, 2017 5:30 am - An already expensive four-day legislative special session underway in Springfield could have cost taxpayers $56,740 more if it hadn't been for the efforts of a suburban ...
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Mendoza: Rauner needs to act now to help pay down overdue billsJul 26, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza urged Gov. Bruce Rauner today to act quickly to use his new bonding authority to access up to $6 billion to help pay down the state's...
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Editorial: Legislative leaders hold only hope for school fundingJul 24, 2017 11:00 pm - Today, 177 state lawmakers are traipsing to Springfield - assuming they all heed the governor's call - to try to forge a solution to school funding legislation in time f...
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For first time in years, state will help pay for burials for the poorJul 24, 2017 5:30 am - For the first time in years, Illinois is paying to bury indigent people - welcome news to suburban funeral directors who have been fronting the expense for years when no...
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Rauner: Talk of discrimination against CPS "hurtful" and untrueJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said Monday that accusations that he cares less about predominantly minority students in Chicago Public Schools are "hurtful" and that he "c...
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Here's what happens if governor vetoes just part of school funding billJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner says he plans to strike portions of a controversial school funding bill should it reach his desk. If he does use an amendatory veto to remov...
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Rauner: Madigan promotes property taxes for personal profitJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan deliberately advances policies that promote high property taxes out of a "stunning conflict of interest" that has made him weal...
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Editorial: Rauner, Madigan duel; legislators flee in frustrationJul 22, 2017 2:00 pm - Elaine Nekritz has always struck us as one of the lights in the darkness, a state legislator whose heart is in the right place, who got involved in politics not out of a...
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Bernie Sanders to speak Aug. 30 in Aurora about teen-focused bookJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - Former Democratic presidential candidate and Sen. Bernie Sanders is scheduled to speak Aug. 30 in Aurora about his new book aimed at teaching teens the tools of a "polit...
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Nekritz: Frustration over Illinois' ongoing crisis prompted resignationJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - State Rep. Elaine Nekritz, a long-standing fixture of suburban politics, said she knew it was time to leave her job when she found herself without the energy to tackle i...