Articles filed under Politics
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Illinois budget: Promise kept or procrastination?May 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers have nearly completed approving a spending plan that puts off big questions about the state's financial future and how much its residents s...
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Illinois House OKs birth control ballot measureMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Legislature has approved a November ballot question asking voters if they think prescription drug coverage plans should be required to include...
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Rauner blasts state lawmakers' budgetMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner says the spending plan approved by state lawmakers is a "phony budget." Illinois legislators approved a pla...
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Obama says goodbye to White House press secretaryMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Jay Carney became the news instead of just delivering it Friday, when President Barack Obama unexpectedly interrupted the daily ...
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Duckworth says VA chief should goMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Political Editor mriopell@dailyherald.com U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, a Hoffman Estates Democrat and former assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs...
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Legislature passes grant transparency planMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois legislature has sent Gov. Pat Quinn legislation to make grants more transparent as lawmakers investigate his mismanaged Chicago anti-violence ...
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Quinn says lawmakers didn't 'get the job done'May 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn says the budget that lawmakers approved "didn't get the job done." The Chicago Democrat wanted to extend the state's income tax increase to ...
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Lawmakers move to keep their paychecks steadyMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois legislature has passed a measure that would prevent their salaries from being stopped in the future. The state House and Senate on Friday appr...
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Durbin returns silver pitcher to Illinois CapitolMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - The morning before a flurry of bills passed through the Illinois Legislature with a session deadline quickly approaching, a U.S. Senator and top state lawm...
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Pension changes hit roadblocks as legislative session endsMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers didn't touch proposals dealing with pensions for suburban police officers and firefighters and Cook County employees before leaving the Capitol. ...