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Illinois GOP Sues To Block New Legislative Map
CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois Republican leaders have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s new legislative district map, which was drawn up entirely by Democratic lawmakers and approved by Gov....
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Quinn Uses Veto Pen On Legislative Scholarships
CHICAGO (AP) – Gov. Pat Quinn flexed his veto power Wednesday by rewriting legislation in a way that would end the long practice of letting Illinois legislators hand out scholarships to state...
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Quinn’s Budget Address Draws Praise, Ire From Both Sides Of The Aisle
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – You didn’t have to be a Democrat to like Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget speech Wednesday, and you didn’t have to be a Republican to hate it. Top Democrats praised the governor for...
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GOP Leader: Dems Blocking Effort To End Controversial Scholarship Program
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – The state’s controversial legislative scholarship program — which allows lawmakers to provide free tuition to state universities to students in their districts — is still...
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Madigan Drops Effort To Shift Teacher Pension Costs To Local Districts
Updated 05/30/12 – 10:13 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Prospects for pension reform in Illinois improved measurably late Wednesday night, when House Speaker Mike Madigan dropped his proposal to make public...
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Governor, Legislative Leaders Still Divided On Pension Reform
CHICAGO (CBS) – Gov. Pat Quinn and the state’s four legislative leaders remained split on how to fix the state’s severely underfunded public pension systems, though the governor did signal a shift in...
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GOP: Quinn Has Been Too Slow To Purge Medicaid Rolls Of Cheaters
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) — Top Springfield Republicans are telling Gov. Pat Quinn that he has been too slow purging Medicaid rolls of cheaters. As WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody reports, Senate Republican...
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Lawmakers Approve Required Birth Control Lessons In Sex Ed Classes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – State lawmakers have passed legislation that would mandate schools that teach sex education in Illinois also would have to give students information about birth control. WBBM...
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Governor, Legislative Leaders Still Can’t Agree On Pension Reform
CHICAGO (CBS) – A meeting between Gov. Pat Quinn and the state’s four legislative leaders ended Friday afternoon without much progress towards pension reform, and it appears next week’s special session...
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Proposed Teen Tanning Ban Still Waiting For Action From Quinn
CHICAGO (AP) – As a young woman, Donna Moncivaiz would go to tanning salons looking for that perfect summer glow. Now 51, Moncivaiz suffers from late-stage melanoma and she says the cancer has spread...
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Governor: Extending Income Tax Hike Could Help City Pensions
CHICAGO (AP) – Gov. Pat Quinn will consider giving Illinois communities a larger share of state income tax revenues as a way to help solve the municipal pension crisis, an idea he previewed Monday as...
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Illinois Democrats Content To Wait For Rauner Proposals
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – In the inevitable chess game unfolding in the state Capitol this year over how to fix Illinois’ woeful budget, Democratic lawmakers say their first move is watching new...
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Rauner, GOP Lawmakers Propose State Takeover Of Chicago Public Schools
CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois Republicans insisted they’re throwing the Chicago Public Schools a “lifeline” with legislation that would allow a state takeover of the schools, and allow the district to seek...
View ArticleLawmakers Pushing For Rollback Of Corporate Income Tax Hike
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) — Illinois House Republicans – and even some House Democrats – want to roll back the state’s corporate income tax increase, but there’s no serious talk of also rolling back the...
View ArticleGov. Quinn: Fix Pensions ‘Once And For All’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn pledged Tuesday to reform the public employee pension system “once and for all” this spring. The Democratic governor said he’s willing to take on the...
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