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Funding restored to UNO
Gov. Pat Quinn's administration said Friday that it has partially restored funding to the United Neighborhood Organization to allow the embattled charter school operator to finish a new soccer academy high school by this fall. The decision came less than...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Charter Schools, Politics, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
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Quinn calls special legislative session for June 19
— Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is summoning lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session June 19 to try to break a stalemate over the state's massive public employee pension debt that triggered two downgrades from major credit rating agencies...
Tags: Executive Branch, Republican Party, Lisa Madigan, Primaries, Moody's Corporation
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Editorial: Gov. Quinn, Sign the gun bill
The Illinois General Assembly sent Gov. Pat Quinn a concealed carry of firearms bill that embodies the art of compromise. In other words, nobody likes it. Pro-gun groups say the bill is too restrictive. They say it carves out so many places you can't...
Tags: Executive Branch, Lisa Madigan, Gun Control, Government, Illinois General Assembly
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Editorial: We hope Standard & Poor's latest warning brings Mr. Cullerton to his senses
Dear Standard & Poor's, We're back, Stan, appreciative (of you) but disgusted (with our inept politicians). In February, when we addressed the fourth of these occasional letters from the Tribune editorial board to all of you at Standard & Poor's, you...
Tags: John J Cullerton, Ratings, Biscuits, Credit Ratings, Interior Policy
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Quinn restores UNO funding
Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration on Friday announced it partially restored funding to the United Neighborhood Organization to allow the embattled charter school operator to finish a new soccer academy high school in time to open this fall. The...
Tags: Executive Branch, Schools, High Schools, Government, Charter Schools
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Feds: State youth prison had high rate of sex assault
Tribune reporterMore than 1 in 5 juveniles at a now-defunct Joliet youth prison reported being victims of sexual assault, one of the highest rates in the country, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice. Survey results said 21...Tags: Sushi and Sashimi, Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, Foods and Beverages, Juvenile Delinquency, Laws
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Quinn calls lawmakers into special session on pension reform
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn today called lawmakers back into special session June 19 to deal with the public employee pension shortfall after another rating agency downgraded Illinois' credit rating. Given the wide philosophical divides between the House and Senate,...Tags: Executive Branch, John J Cullerton, Ratings, Government, Interior Policy
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Joliet won't get new immigration detention center
Joliet is no longer in the running for a privately run immigration detention center, the city manager said at a standing-room-only meeting Monday night. "If (the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency) builds in the Chicago area, (the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America, Migration, Politics
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Harris passes Politics 101, keeps gay marriage bill alive
It would have been satisfying — or at least a minor consolation for a stinging defeat — had Democratic state Rep. Greg Harris of Chicago called for a vote Friday night in Springfield on his bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Satisfying in...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Greg Harris, Politics
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Mr. Madigan, Mr. Cullerton — CPS needs major pension reform pronto
"Let me be clear, there is no greater threat to the financial undoing of our district than our ballooning pension liability. Without real pension reform, our district and the 400,000 students that call it home will be pushed right off the edge of that...
Tags: Executive Branch, Finance, John J Cullerton, Chicago Public Schools, Government
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Joliet will not get new immigration detention center
Special to the TribuneJoliet is no longer in the running for a privately-run immigration detention center, the city manager said at a standing-room only meeting Monday night. "If ICE builds in the Chicago area CCA has determined they would not build in Joliet," Joliet City...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America, Migration, Politics
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Madigan wants extension on concealed carry
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a request with a federal appeals court asking for an additional 30 days to put in place a law that would allow citizens to carry guns in public. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave the state...
Tags: Executive Branch, U.S. Supreme Court, Chicago Transit Authority, Lisa Madigan, Regional Authority
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