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Hundreds gather to remember
Princeton :: IL :: USA | 19 days ago
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The gray sky reflected the mood of the hundreds and hundreds of those who came to Cherry Saturday. They came from all over the state and the country to remember the 259 men and boys who died 100 years ago in the mine-riddled land under Cherry in what...
Tags: Illinois House, Princeton, United Mine Workers, Disaster Accident, Bureau County Illinois, Cherry Mine disaster, Cherry
Ill. House approves campaign donation limits
Springfield :: MO :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Deadline looms, House approves campaign finance bill Posted by Ray Long and Monique Garcia at 10:19 p.m. With time running out, the Illinois House late tonight approved a measure that for the first time would put major restrictions on how politicians...
Tags: Illinois Senate, Illinois House, campaign donation, Rod Blagojevich, political donation, oks caps
Candidates begin filing for Illinois offices
Springfield :: MO :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Associated Press Hundreds of Illinois politicians lined up this morning to file for the February primary election and get a shot at being listed first on the ballot. Candidates for offices ranging from governor to state representative to county judge...
Tags: Illinois House, Ryan
Voters to have say on recall measure
Springfield :: MO :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Illinois voters will be asked in November 2010 whether they want to give themselves the option of recalling a governor in the wake of indicted ex- Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's fall from power. The Senate gave the final sign-off Thursday to putting the proposed...
Tags: Illinois Senate, Illinois House, constitutional amendment
County tax hike survives lawmakers' attack
Springfield :: MO :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The political fight over Cook County's unpopular sales tax increase moved to Springfield on Wednesday, with board President Todd Stroger beating back lawmakers' attempt to repeal the tax hike but losing a separate fight to curb his veto authority. Both...
Tags: Illinois House, Todd Stroger, Cook County Board, sales tax, board president, tax hike, tax increase, Springfield, president todd, vetoes power
Ill. panel OKs ethics plan; parties exempt
Springfield :: MO :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Tougher ethics laws are back on the table at the Illinois Capitol, and the big question is whether to limit spending by political parties and legislative leaders. A House committee today approved legislation creating Illinois' first limits on the size...
Illinois lawmakers face unfinished business
Springfield :: MO :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility When lawmakers set an agenda following the January ouster of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich , they had two priorities: strengthening ethics laws and fixing the state's budget mess. Nine months later, they are returning to Springfield to deal with more of...
Tags: video gambling, Illinois House
Blago's book of blame
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s biography is called “The Governor,” but it could easily be retitled “The Victim.” Accepting only a microscopic amount of fault for his political decline and potential stint in federal prison, Blagojevich blames...
Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Illinois House, Barack Obama, blagojevich writes, emanuel wanted, Senate Democrats
Springfield reaches emergency budget deal
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Facing a massive deficit and an array of unpleasant choices, Illinois officials decided Wednesday to keep state government running with a budget built around borrowing billions of dollars and letting unpaid bills climb to record levels. The budget leaves...
Tags: Illinois House, Pat Quinn, Senate, tax increase
Quinn presses for budget action
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Staff Reporter Gov. Quinn said Tuesday morning if eleventh hour budget negotiations with lawmakers fail to produce a budget he can pass, they should expect to go into "double overtime." Quinn, speaking to reporters at McCormick Place following an appearance...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Illinois House, Senate, income tax, Springfield, social services, tax increase, spending plan, double overtime
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