Articles filed under Politics
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Senate approves plan to fund poison center with cellphone feesMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers have advanced a plan to keep the Illinois Poison Center from closing in a tight budget year. The Illinois Senate approved the measure Thur...
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School funding figures fuel debate in CapitolMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Newly released figures that show downstate school districts gaining at the expense of suburban ones have fueled a debate among lawmakers about a proposed o...
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Cook County voters choose GOP for first time since 1996May 08, 2014 1:00 am - For the first time since 1996, suburban Cook County voters pulled more Republican ballots than Democratic ones in the March primary election, Clerk David Orr's office sa...
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Quinn, Rauner address Illinois business leadersMay 08, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — After weeks of defending the management of his troubled anti-violence program, Gov. Pat Quinn went on the attack Wednesday, criticizing his Republican oppo...
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Editorial: Back to the drawing board on mental health prescriptionsMay 07, 2014 11:00 pm - The Illinois House Human Services Committee passed along legislation Wednesday that has attracted little attention outside of medical circles, but whose consequences for...
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Agency head urges tax hike support for 'leverage'May 07, 2014 4:30 am - Illinois taxpayers are set to see their income tax rate lowered at the start of next year. But not if the leadership of the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference has any...
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Quinn, Rauner trade barbs before business leadersMay 07, 2014 1:01 am - Political Editor mriopell@dailyherald.com SPRINGFIELD - In front of an Illinois business community that has largely backed his opponent, Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday tried t...
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House panel OKs cannabis for epileptic kidsMay 07, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - A measure that would allow children with epilepsy to use medical marijuana is advancing in the Illinois legislature. A House committee approved the propos...
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Legal interpretation may erase pension glitchMay 07, 2014 1:00 am - CHAMPAIGN — A troublesome piece of last year's state pension-reform law may not cut university retirees' pensions after all, the State Universities Retirement System no...
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Funding downstate schools at expense of suburbs?May 07, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — School districts in the Chicago and St. Louis suburbs would see major cuts to state aid while downstate schools would see gains under a proposal that would...