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Illinois sets July 9 deadline for plan to fix pensions
ReutersBy Joanne von Alroth and Karen Pierog SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 19 (Reuters) - In the first sign of compromise after weeks of political impasse, Illinois lawmakers in a special session on Wednesday set up a rarely used conference committee in an effort...Tags: Finance, Executive Branch, Unions, John J Cullerton, Daniel Biss
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State lawmakers set up committee to tackle pension reform
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD --- The General Assembly is in special session today to form a conference committee of lawmakers who will try to come up with a way to break a stalemate on government worker pension reform. The Senate got the ball rolling by voting 45-11 not...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, John J Cullerton, Elaine Nekritz, Mike Jacobs
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Voice of the People, Jun. 19
What would Abe do? Even in the time of Abraham Lincoln you needed moral integrity plus either political capital or political savvy to get anything meaningful accomplished. Lincoln had the moral integrity and political savvy; today's politicians are...Tags: Personal Income, Park Forest, Pat Quinn, Interior Policy, Illinois Elections
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Editorials: Lawmakers, check your egos at the door
Lawmakers return to Springfield on Wednesday to address pension reform, but they're already planning a return engagement for July. Because you just can't beat Springfield in July. If the members agree to the idea, Democratic and Republican leaders of...
Tags: Finance, Executive Branch, John J Cullerton, Economy, Business and Finance, Pat Quinn
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Speaker Madigan not worried about Quinn on gun control measure
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — House Speaker Michael Madigan today dismissed any concern that Gov. Pat Quinn may veto the delicately negotiated concealed weapons legislation passed last month, saying he expected that lawmakers would overwhelmingly reject an...Tags: Regional Authority, U.S. Supreme Court, Executive Branch, Gun Control, Metra
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Lawmakers may punt on pensions
State lawmakers return to the Capitol on Wednesday to consider fixes to Illinois' financially woeful government worker pension system, but the heaviest lifting they're likely to do is to vote to form a committee to seek an elusive compromise. Lacking...
Tags: Personal Income, Finance, Executive Branch, Economy, Business and Finance, Lisa Madigan
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Don't count Cullerton out
"You must be one of those (expletives) from Room 6." I don't remember the first 10 words my now-wife spoke to me back then, much less the exact first words of old friends. Except, that is, for Illinois Senate President John J. Cullerton, D-Chicago....
Tags: Executive Branch, John J Cullerton, Illinois General Assembly, Teaching and Learning, Pat Quinn
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State retirees aren't the bad guys
You've gone from labeling legislators voting against your preferred, more-Draconian Michael Madigan pension bill as cowards (Editorial, "The do-nothing caucus," May 6) to calling them out by name as “obstructionists” (Parts 1-4, June 15-18). I...Tags: Interior Policy, Finance, Pension and Welfare, Voting, Politics
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Governor candidate Daley criticizes Quinn, Madigan
Tribune reporterDemocratic candidate for governor Bill Daley excoriated Gov. Pat Quinn for a lack of leadership over the state's pension crisis and criticized potential rival Lisa Madigan for not providing a legal opinion on the constitutionality of possible solutions....Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, John J Cullerton, Groundhog Day, Pat Quinn
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Bigger Illinois bond sale on even if pensions remain unfixed
ReutersCHICAGO, June 17 (Reuters) - Illinois increased the size of its upcoming general obligation bond sale by $50 million to $1.3 billion and plans to sell the bonds next week even if state lawmakers meeting in special session this week fail to deliver on...Tags: Finance, Executive Branch, Colleges and Universities, Credit Ratings, Daniel Biss
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Pension reform: It's not looking pretty
As Illinois daily sinks ever deeper into the financial cesspool, 35 states are considering cutting taxes, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Indiana cut its personal income tax 5 percent over two years and, with a variety of...
Tags: Personal Income, Finance, Executive Branch, Judy Baar Topinka, John J Cullerton
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Corrections and clarifications for Tuesday, June 18, 2013
•An editorial on Monday incorrectly included Sen. Don Harmon on a list of state Senate Democratic leaders who voted against a pension reform bill sponsored by House Speaker Michael Madigan. Harmon voted for the bill. •In a Nov. 13 article...
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