Articles filed under Politics
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Cook County pension plan faces possible final voteMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - Political Editor mriopell@dailyherald.com SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers Wednesday set up a final vote over whether Cook County can cut its workers' pension benefits and ...
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FBI informant focus of Democrat's bribery trialMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - Opening statements Thursday at an Illinois lawmaker's bribery trial focused on a campaign worker-turned-FBI informant, referred to in court only as "Pete," who authoriti...
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Editorial: The missing ingredient in budget debate -- trustMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - As the Illinois legislature wrestles - again at the eleventh hour - with a 2015 revenue-and-spending plan, making numbers work is only a tiny fraction of the challenge t...
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Illinois Senate passes grant transparency proposalMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers have advanced a plan to make state grants more transparent as legislators investigate Gov. Pat Quinn's mismanaged Chicago anti-violence ...
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White House touts energy policies as rules loomMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Setting the stage for upcoming restrictions on coal-fired power plants, the Obama administration is making a concerted effort to cast its energy policy as a...
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House advances $1 billion capital billMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - After an exceptionally harsh winter that damaged roads and bridges across the state, the Illinois House advanced a plan to fund $1 billion in new transport...
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Quinn got neither of two stark budget optionsMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - Gov. Pat Quinn stood before lawmakers and cameras two months ago to present a budget plan portraying the state's financial future as a stark and clear decision between t...
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IMSA spared cuts under new state budgetMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - The Illinois Math and Science academy survived threats of significant cuts to its state funding under the latest budget plan being considered by state lawmakers. Earlier...
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Obama: U.S. must lead globally but show restraintMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - Associated Press WEST POINT, N.Y. - In a broad defense of his foreign policy, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensa...
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DuPage County Board puts brakes on raises after legal questions ariseMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - Decisions about the annual salaries of six DuPage County Board members and five countywide officials have been pushed back to next week after a political candidate oppos...